Posted on Sep 18, 2015
"Donald Trump Says He’d Look At Getting Rid Of Muslims In “Training Camps” As President"
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From: BuzzFeed
At a town hall meeting in New Hampshire on Thursday, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he would consider one man’s request that America “get rid of” Muslims.
The White Plains, New Hampshire, man was the first to ask a question at the event.
“We have a problem in this country,” he began. “It’s called Muslims. We know our current president is one.”
“Right,” Trump responded.
“You know he’s not even American,” the man continued.
“We need this question, this is the first question,” Trump said with a laugh.
President Obama is a Christian and was born in Hawaii. Trump, however, has for years fed conspiracy theories that Obama was born in Kenya and is not eligible to be president.
At Thursday’s town hall, the question continued to more broadly include other Muslims in the U.S.
“We have training camps growing where they want to kill us,” the man said. “That’s my question: When can we get rid of them?”
“We’re going to be looking at a lot of different things,” Trump said. “A lot of people are saying that, and a lot of people are saying that bad things are happening out there. We’re going to be looking at that and plenty of other things.”
Later, in a statement to the Washington Post, Trump said his answers were more about defending Christians in the U.S.
Trump’s answer stood in stark contrast to the reaction John McCain had as a Republican presidential candidate at a town hall in Minnesota in 2008. At that event, he admonished a woman who said Obama was “an Arab” who couldn’t be trusted in the White House.
Saying “no ma’am,” McCain would not let her finish and seized the microphone.
“He’s a decent family man — citizen — that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues, and that’s what this campaign’s all about.”
http://www.buzzfeed.com/claudiakoerner/donald-trump-i-will-look-at-getting-rid-of-all-muslims-if-el#.thnDraN2n
At a town hall meeting in New Hampshire on Thursday, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he would consider one man’s request that America “get rid of” Muslims.
The White Plains, New Hampshire, man was the first to ask a question at the event.
“We have a problem in this country,” he began. “It’s called Muslims. We know our current president is one.”
“Right,” Trump responded.
“You know he’s not even American,” the man continued.
“We need this question, this is the first question,” Trump said with a laugh.
President Obama is a Christian and was born in Hawaii. Trump, however, has for years fed conspiracy theories that Obama was born in Kenya and is not eligible to be president.
At Thursday’s town hall, the question continued to more broadly include other Muslims in the U.S.
“We have training camps growing where they want to kill us,” the man said. “That’s my question: When can we get rid of them?”
“We’re going to be looking at a lot of different things,” Trump said. “A lot of people are saying that, and a lot of people are saying that bad things are happening out there. We’re going to be looking at that and plenty of other things.”
Later, in a statement to the Washington Post, Trump said his answers were more about defending Christians in the U.S.
Trump’s answer stood in stark contrast to the reaction John McCain had as a Republican presidential candidate at a town hall in Minnesota in 2008. At that event, he admonished a woman who said Obama was “an Arab” who couldn’t be trusted in the White House.
Saying “no ma’am,” McCain would not let her finish and seized the microphone.
“He’s a decent family man — citizen — that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues, and that’s what this campaign’s all about.”
http://www.buzzfeed.com/claudiakoerner/donald-trump-i-will-look-at-getting-rid-of-all-muslims-if-el#.thnDraN2n
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Trump never said that. You might want to re-title this post. That's called defamation of character.
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SSG Gerhard S.
Are such camps mythical SGT Efaw (Mick) G.? ABC News doesn't blow their existence off so easily. http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=130208&page=1
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SGT Jerrold Pesz
I don't claim to know what they are doing there but there is one such camp in Dover, TN that has been covered a number of times by various news media here. It is operated by a radical Pakistani group that has had members tied to terrorist activities but they are not causing any trouble in their area.
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I am yet to be shown any Muslim training camps in the USA. As far as Trump correcting this clown he probably should have. The guy was wrong. Now saying that, According to Muslim Law, Obama is indeed a Muslim. However not one of us knows what is truly in his heart. And there is no proof that Obama is not an American as alleged....
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Because they are Muslim, we have to watch them and be real careful with their feelings, but no one said anything when it was a Christian camp, Oh how people forget little things like the Branch Davidians in Waco TX. We had no problems shooting them up, but again, since they were Christian, then no big deal, Or Ruby Ridge another Christian "Cult"
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MCPO Roger Collins
A fairly good article from the WASHPO on the subject.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/http://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/the-fix/wp/2015/09/18/donald-trump-and-the-terrorist-training-camps-conspiracy-theory-explained/
https://www.google.com/amp/s/http://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/the-fix/wp/2015/09/18/donald-trump-and-the-terrorist-training-camps-conspiracy-theory-explained/
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This is nearly six months old and taken out of context. He did what Trump is wont to do and thew something out. He walked it back later.
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FULL Donald Trump NH Town Hall Speech After CNN GOP Debate in Rochester, New Hamshire 17/9/2015
Full Speech - Donald Trump Speaks to Voters at Town Hall in Rochester, NH 9/17/15 FULL Donald Trump NH Town Hall Speech Today After CNN #GOPDebate ... FULL D...
Oh yeah, here's the video, so nobody had to rely on my, or anybody else's interpretation. https://youtu.be/CIIuw_stzmo
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Again, I'm not a Trump fan, but I do appreciate reality, and it is clear that Trump, in this instance was trying to blow this guy, and his question off. I would suggest that attempting to argue otherwise is either/or partisanship, or demagoguery
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I'm not a Trump apologist, but I would argue that any objective analysis of this interaction does not lead one to such an assertion. Trump was clearly attempting to humor this guy and dismiss his question. He did not asset that he would "get rid of Muslims", or even look into it.
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CPT Ahmed Faried
You don't humor racism or Islamophobia. You think Trump would have humored him if he made a similar statement but replaced muslims with "Jews" or "Blacks"?
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