Trump: 'I Want Surveillance Of Certain Mosques'

[big_dog]

Source: CNN 7:27 PM ET, Sat November 21, 2015

Donald Trump is ratcheting up his rhetoric about American Muslims, saying there's precedent for monitoring some mosques amid the recent terror wave.

At a Birmingham, Alabama, rally on Saturday -- which included a physical altercation between a black protester and several white Trump backers -- the 2016 Republican front-runner suggested law enforcement keep an eye on certain Islamic houses of worship which, in his view, could pose terrorist threats.

"I want surveillance of certain mosques if that's OK," Trump told the often-raucous and approving crowd. "We've had it before."

Trump has fended off criticism recently that he was accused of backing a U.S. database on all Muslims in the country. Trump has denied making that remark but hasn't dismissed the idea out-of-hand.


Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/21/politics/trump-muslims-surveillance/index.html

[totodeinhere]

1. If there is credible intelligence that a terrorist plot is being planned inside a mosque then yes,

there would be justification for surveilling that mosque. But the same criterion would apply to a Christian church or s synagogue. But surveilling it merely because it is a mosque when there is no intelligence about that particular mosque would not be justified. So I would strongly disagree with Trump. Of course he is trying to demagogue this issue for political reasons.

[big_dog]

2. his internal polling must have told him that there is wiggle room on this from the wingnut base

because he was slowly walking back from this position all of the week!

[BlueStater]

3. More bigotry from Herr Trump.

Most of the acts of violence in this country that you could consider a "terrorist attack" have not been committed by Muslims.

[big_dog]

4. trumps got to keep going extreme right to feed red meat to the wingnut base

eventually it/they will devour him. politics ain't pretty most of the time you don't want to see how the sausage gets made

[truthisfreedom]

5. He's trying to deflect his "special IDs" gaffe

By distracting people with a different Islamophobic angle... Meanwhile the surveillance of all kinds of dangerous organizations has been going on under Obama and every other president FOREVER. Trump, you're so freakin pathetic. You can't distract people after claiming we should sew symbols onto Muslims' clothing by saying we should have stop signs.

[The Jungle 1]

6. How far is Trump willing to to stop all the killing of Americans

For I was hungry, and you fed me. I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink. I was a stranger, and you invited me into your home.
Matthew 25:35
Wonder what happened to us? Why would one of our political parties make so much hay out of helping war refugees. Yet ignore the 30,000 Americans killed every year from gun violence.
The FBI arrested three Virginia men who were planning to start a “race war” by bombing Black churches and Jewish synagogues. Nov 11, 2015 The above story about domestic terrorist didn't even make national news. But we are scared to death over some widows and children from Syria.
July 15— The Federal authorities said today that they had arrested eight white supremacists who were preparing to blow up one of the largest black churches here and kill Rodney G. King in an effort to incite a spasm of racial violence around the country. Again I bet you never even heard about these events.
I just read where at least 100,000 Texas women have induced their own abortions since Texas passed strict abortion laws.
Has the right blown up any PP buildings lately. Have they killed any doctors this week.
Our domestic terror list is long sad and scary. But we should be very afraid of widows and children.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. ^^^THIS^^^

[sinkingfeeling]

9. +100

[DinahMoeHum]

7. T. Rump = Seditionist Pig

n/t

[Thenewire]

10. Why doesn't the media?

Call out this xenophobic hate inciting asshole for what he really is, not so far removed from fascists. This piece of shit will most likely never be president but the continuation of this piece of trash in the limelight only helps boost the egos and prejudice of the ignorant racist masses. That is what this is all about in the end, racist garbage who want a country where they are free to act upon their prejudice without repercussion, something that this knuckle dragger who speaks at a 3rd grade level is proving to them can be done.