President Obama is overseas and accusing Republicans of being “scared” of supposed Syrian refugee “widows and orphans,” but will the president be too scared to debate Sen. Ten Cruz on the merits of his resettlement policy?

Appearing in Washington, D.C., Cruz launched into Obama.

“I will say it’s fair remarkable that President Obama has now chosen two days in a row to attack me directly. He just called me offensive. The day before he called me un-American.

“You know, I think that it’s quite rich that he chose to make both of those insults on foreign soil while he was abroad attacking me and attacking everyone else in this country who believes we should not be bringing in tens of thousands of Syrian Muslim refugees that the Obama administration cannot vet to determine whether or not they are ISIS terrorists,” Cruz said.

“I gotta tell you, it is utterly unbefitting of a president to be engaging in those kinds of personal insults and attacks and you know, he also talked about how he was belittling the Republican field as scared well let me suggest something,” Cruz said, looking directly into the camera, “Mr. President, if you want to insult me, you can do it overseas, you can do it in Turkey, you can do it in foreign countries, I encourage you Mr. President, come back and insult me to my face.

“Let’s have a debate on Syrian refugees right now. We can do it anywhere you want. I prefer it in the United States and not overseas where you’re making the insults. It’s easy to toss a cheap insult when no one can respond, but let’s have a debate, we’ll do it on any station — I’m sure any of the TV stations will be glad to host it — and let’s have a debate on your refugee policy,” Cruz said.

So far, the White House has not responded to Cruz’s challenge.

Running scared?