Obama Blasts GOP Anti-Refugee Critics

U.S. President Barack Obama makes a face after answering a question about U.S. politicians opposed to taking in Syrian refugees as he delivers remarks after meeting with the Philippines President Benigno Aquino alongside the APEC summit in Manila, Philippines, November 18, 2015.

President Barack Obama on Wednesday slammed critics calling for the U.S. to halt its Syrian refugee program in the wake of the Paris terror attacks as "political posturing" that "needs to stop." Speaking to reporters in the Philippines, the president directed some of his criticism at New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who said he wouldn't let even "3-year-old orphans" coming from Syria into his state. "At first, they were too scared of the press being too tough on them in the debates. Now they are scared of three-year-old orphans. That doesn’t seem so tough to me." Obama added that the wave of anti-refugee rhetoric serves as a "potent recruitment tool" for ISIS.