Thursday, December 10, 2015

Trump’s Anti-Muslim Rhetoric


It started in September when Donald Trump failed to correct a bigoted man on America’s ‘Muslim problem’. And in the four months following, the Republican presidential frontrunner steadily descended into ugly rhetoric against the religious group. At times he went back on his statements, or offered qualifiers, but slowly and surely the people he once called ‘great’ became official enemies of the state. Or rather, enemies of his state



THE GUARDIAN: Donald Trump will not be barred from Britain despite Muslims outburst: Petition calling for US presidential candidate to be denied entry to UK on grounds of hate speech racks up nearly 360,000 signatures in 24 hours. » | Damien Gayle , Libby Brooks and Patrick Wintour | Wednesday, December 9, 2015