Former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, an adviser to Donald Trump who was rumored to be on his list of possible running mates, called on Muslim leaders to condemn the attack in Nice, France.
“The radical Islamist ideology is alive, well and kicking,” Flynn said in an interview with “Fox and Friends” Friday morning.
“In the last 24 hours I have called out for the leaders of Iran — [Ayatollah] Khomeini — and the leaders of the Muslim world, and I can tick them off if you want, there’s a bunch of countries with a bunch of so-called leaders, to step up and call this what it is. They know they have a problem inside of their own system.”
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iran’s supreme leader, died in 1989. He was replaced by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
At least 84 people were killed when a French man originally from Tunisia plowed through crowds of people in Nice, France, on Thursday during Bastille Day celebrations.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.