He actually argues that admitting Syrian Christians in proportion to their population in Syria is a good thing, despite the extermination/persecution campaign being waged against them, and then cites as bad treatment of refugees the USS St. Louis, which FDR justified with just such a quota.
Rest of transcript:
1:501 in 122 people worldwide are displaced.
1:53And those fleeing the largest humanitarian emergency of our time — the Syrian civil
1:58war — are the ones singled out by Trump for harsher restrictions.
2:02If you’re worried about US terrorist attacks like 9/11, San Bernadino, or the Orlando Pulse
2:08shooting – this Order would have prevented exactly none of them.
2:12But there is an exception for some kinds of refugees.
2:14David Brody, Christian Broadcasting Network: “As it relates to persecuted Christians, do
2:18you see them as kind of a priority here?”
2:21Trump:”Yes.
2:22They’ve been horribly treated.”
2:23The US will allow members of religious minorities in the individual’s country of nationality
2:27during the 120 day-ban,
2:30and prioritize them thereafter.
2:31Trump: “Do you know if you were a Christian in Syria, it was impossible, very very, at
2:35least very very tough into the United States.
2:38If you were a Muslim you could come in, but if you were a Christian, it was almost impossible”
2:44In fact, half of refugees in the past few years were Christian.
2:48Refugees from Syria reflected the country’s religious composition – almost entirely
2:53muslim.
2:54But all this aligns with Trump’s anti-Muslim promises throughout the campaign.
2:57Trump: “Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering
3:03the United States.”
3:04Trump spoke about taking an “America First” approach at his inauguration.
3:08Trump: “From this day forward it’s going to be only America First.
3:17America First.”
3:19This Executive Order shows how much that vision aligns with the original “America First”
3:23movement.
3:24That movement sought American isolationism too – they were against American intervention
3:28in World War II.
3:30That attitude resulted in the infamous decision in June 1939 to turn away the St. Louis.
3:36That ship had 937 jewish refugees aboard, fleeing another hostile government: Hitler’s.
3:41First, they were turned away in Cuba.
3:43”The liner St. Louis, turned back from Cuba”
3:46Then they approached Florida, but the US Coast Guard, patrolling the waters, kept them away
3:50too.
3:51They eventually disembarked in Belgium, the Netherlands, and France.
3:54”...Jewish unfortunates without a country permitted to land in Belgium after five weeks
3:58of suspense afloat...”
3:59And eventually hundreds died in the holocaust.
4:02Since then, the US Government has been the world’s leader in resettling refugees.
4:06”...They finally reach a haven of safety...”
4:08The State Department website still brags about it, claiming 3 Million refugees re-settled
4:13around all 50 states since 1975.
4:16The statue of liberty bears these goals too: a plaque on the pedestal reads:
4:21”Give me your tired, your poor,
4:23Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
4:25The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
4:28Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
4:31I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
4:35America hasn’t always lived up to these lofty goals.
4:38But since World War II, we’ve lived in an era where the diversity of who gets to come
4:42to America has gone up and up.
4:46And a Federal Judge stayed deportations of those stuck in airports amidst the confusion.
4:51And the Trump administration has already started scaling back.
4:54Reince Priebus, White House Chief Of Staff: “As far as green card holders, moving forward,
4:57it doesn’t affect them.”
The Trump Administration is trying to end the era when America didn’t care what religion
5:03you are.
5:04Regardless where you come from.
5:06Legal challenges and protests around the country continue to try to preserve it.
The bias in that You Tube video is worth a closer examination to take apart its falsehoods. Too bad time does not allow it for me. May others do the pick and shovel work.
There was a pic/jpeg of 18 Islamic truths today on a thread; I can’t find it and I need to send it to my sons to educate them and their teachers and classmates who are sure there are no Muslim extremists...I told them the extremists are those who don’t follow the Koran; the others are normal Muslims.
Can someone send me or post that jpeg again?