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Donald Trump: Some Muslims are a problem
CNN Politics ^ | September 30, 2015 | M.J. Lee, Politics Reporter

Posted on 09/30/2015 7:24:25 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Donald Trump says Muslims are "phenomenal" people. But some of them, he says, pose a problem for the country.

At a town hall in New Hampshire earlier this month, an unidentified man referred to President Barack Obama as a Muslim and asked Trump how he plans to eradicate "training camps."

Trump sparked outrage when he didn't correct the man for erroneously calling Obama a Muslim.

The Republican presidential front-runner said he would not handle the situation differently if it were to arise again, he told CNN's Don Lemon Wednesday in an interview on "CNN Tonight."

"He said Muslims are a problem, OK? That's what he said, OK? Are they a problem? You tell me," Trump said. "I don't see the people ... that knocked down the World Trade Center going back to Sweden. OK? So he said Muslims are a problem."

Pressed on whether he personally believes Muslims are a problem, the billionaire responded, "I think a certain segment are certainly a problem."(continued)

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections; Syria; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; cnn; donlemon; election2016; islam; muslims; newyork; syria; terrorism; trump
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

how many of these phenomenal people have been awarded Nobel prizes....in all of history????


21 posted on 09/30/2015 8:12:50 PM PDT by terycarl (COMMON SENSE PREVAILS OVER ALL..)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

From 2012.

UNDER FIRE: Mayor of Lewiston, Maine for trying to keep his town from turning into a Somali Muslim slum

http://www.barenakedislam.com/2012/10/04/under-fire-mayor-of-lewiston-maine-for-trying-to-keep-his-town-from-turning-into-a-somali-muslim-slum/


22 posted on 09/30/2015 8:24:02 PM PDT by dragonblustar (Philippians 2:10)
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To: dp0622
The front-line soldier wants it to be got over by the physical process of his destroying enough Germans to end it. He is truly at war. The rest of us, no matter how hard we work, are not. Ernie Pyle

I don't believe Ernie Pyle ever asked Eisenhower if he thought there was a "problem" with the Germans or Japanese. War brings out the extremes in people. Today we get alone with both groups. Trump was right when he mentioned we don't get along with ISIS... Radical Muslims are the enemy during our time... Not all Muslims - not all countries where muslims live ... But all radical Muslims are a problem. I'm stunned a CNN reporter would have to ask...

23 posted on 09/30/2015 8:24:38 PM PDT by GOPJ ("The Lives of Others" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPjzfGChGlE)
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To: GOPJ

Come on GOPJ,
Ernie Pyle and Dwight Eisenhower lived in a world and an America that is as dead as Marley’s Ghost.
We live in sad, sad times.


24 posted on 09/30/2015 8:39:25 PM PDT by Tupelo (God knows, I feel more like Phillip Nolan by the day.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

No, they are not phenomenal people. They are in a cult that has no place in the Western world.


25 posted on 09/30/2015 8:42:27 PM PDT by doug from upland ( never trust DemocRATS with national security)
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To: GOPJ

Not all muslims? Give them time and an excuse.

From http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/08/20/michael-brown-gaza-and-muslim-americans.html

...The shooting of Michael Brown and the heavy-handed response by the police that followed has struck a nerve among Muslims. It has motivated American-Muslim leaders to speak out publicly in ways we hadn’t seen before on police misconduct directed against African Americans.

Why? A few reasons. But one that can’t be discounted is Gaza. More specifically, young Palestinians who commented on Twitter about the shooting of Michael Brown drew direct connections between the two.

For example, Inas Safadi, a Palestinian living in Gaza, tweeted: “Revolution of #Ferguson, can’t be prouder of these people who won’t let their son’s blood go for nothing #MikeBrown.” Another tweeted a photo of himself holding a sign that read, “The Palestinian people know what means to be shot while unarmed for your ethnicity”...


26 posted on 09/30/2015 8:51:37 PM PDT by MurrietaMadman (These days, iirc should be taken for granted.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Has any muslim condemned 9/11?


27 posted on 09/30/2015 8:53:56 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: Blood of Tyrants

“Donald Trump says Muslims are “phenomenal” people”

they’re phenomenally deceptive and evil IF they’re actually following the stinking koran


28 posted on 09/30/2015 8:57:19 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The crazy, violent, murdering, rapists give a bad name to the other 5%.

Pray America wakes


29 posted on 09/30/2015 9:43:03 PM PDT by bray (If Obama had a son he would be a cop killer.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Some?
Show me ONE Muslim that ISN'T a problem !
30 posted on 09/30/2015 9:44:50 PM PDT by Yosemitest (It's SIMPLE ! ... Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: GOPJ

I agree. They have an unlimited supply of people who are willing to give their lives for this “caliphate”.

obama is worried the “moderate” groups are being killed by Russians.

I dont believe there are any moderate groups. I think obama wanted Assad to fall just like Qaddafi and an extremist group take over.

He is our enemy. Our own president.

Russia is not going to let a caliphate grow in the middle east.

They’re certainly not angels, but I hope they kill as many as possible.


31 posted on 09/30/2015 11:02:46 PM PDT by dp0622
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Trump is a muslim-lover.


32 posted on 10/01/2015 3:08:46 AM PDT by Ethan Clive Osgoode
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
They're trying to get him to double down and fall into a "gotcha" trap and he makes a toned down factual statement and asks them some questions - I say he did a good job to squeeze the lit end of the fuse out.

Now for a short public service announcement:

GO CRUZ!! Keep it up Trump!!

Donate to Cruz

Donate to FR

33 posted on 10/01/2015 3:16:19 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Trump sparked outrage when he didn’t correct the man for erroneously calling Obama a Muslim...


The only outrage was by socialists trying to gain political advantage over Trump. The people were not “outraged.” It’s good that Trump is not being politically correct about radical Islam. The socialist game of deceitfully calling Islamic psychopaths “victims” and “the religion of peace” has to stop because it is hurting America.


34 posted on 10/01/2015 9:06:33 AM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: SaraJohnson
Trump sparked outrage when he didn’t correct the man for erroneously calling Obama a Muslim...

Has Obama ever corrected Hillary, Pelosi or Reid for erroneously calling Republicans names or insults? (Crickets...) As Trump said, not his job to defend Obama. The real outrage is liberals being hypocrites and laughing about the lies they spread. Why, they act like Muslims, lying and making mayhem, then wanting others to be all politically correct and defend them. Crazy world! Muslims should all die and the world would be a more peaceful place. And liberals should just shut the heck up, then the world would be a saner place.

35 posted on 10/01/2015 11:25:52 AM PDT by roadcat
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
(Donald Trump says Muslims are "phenomenal" people) = ("Religion of peace").

barf

36 posted on 10/01/2015 11:27:05 AM PDT by DungeonMaster (God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I harshly disagree with Trump on this one. ALL muslims are a problem.


37 posted on 10/01/2015 11:30:19 AM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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