Scott Walker: U.S. should not take in more Syrian refugees

Gov. Scott Walker said Wednesday the United States should not take in additional Syrian war refugees who are fleeing to Europe, adopting a firm stance on the issue two days after declining to answer what he called a hypothetical question.

“No, we shouldn’t be taking on any more Syrian refugees right now,” the Republican presidential hopeful told reporters in Eau Claire, according to Wisconsin Public Radio.

“In the last year ,America has received almost 70,000 refugees of which nearly 2,000 are from Syria. We’ve spent something like $4 billion in humanitarian relief in terms of helping the situation in Syria.”

He made the comments after being criticized for not taking a position on what to do about the refugees because he is not currently the president.

“I’m not president today and I can’t be president today,” Walker told reporters Monday when asked by ABC News what he would to address the current refugee crisis if he were president. “Everybody wants to talk about hypotheticals; there is no such thing as a hypothetical.”