“The goodness of America will ring out,” said O’Malley.

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Iowa Starting Line ?@IAStartingLine 16h16 hours ago
@MartinOMalley shares some thoughts on standing with Muslims after Trump's proposal #IACaucus http://iowastartingline.com/2015/12/13/omalley-stands-with-muslims-following-trumps-religious-ban/ …


Third place Democratic presidential candidate Martin O’Malley is taking Donald Trump’s proposal to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. and running against it – hard. O’Malley quickly bashed the GOP contender on Monday in Iowa, calling Trump “a fascist demagogue.” But O’Malley went a step further. He visited a mosque in Sterling, Virginia on Friday to further insert himself into the conversation and call attention toward the Muslim community’s concerns.

“I know that there have been many acts of violence,” said O’Malley to the crowd. “I know there are acts of ignorance that have been encouraged by some in our political discourse, but the larger arc of our history…is the larger arc of love and generosity and respect for one another.”

The former governor of Maryland told Starting Line in a phone conversation later that night that his quick attention to this religious group is something he’s done before.

“After the September 11th attacks, my instinct immediately was that I have to get to know all the Muslim American leaders,” said O’Malley. “I mean, George W. Bush even visited a mosque in the days and weeks after the attacks … it would be nice to see the GOP do the same thing.”

“Look, this is who I am as a person,” said O’Malley Friday night. “I’m not a divider. This is part of my DNA. Events sometimes shift campaigns, and I intend to use the power of my campaign to move this conversation forward.”

...on the phone, O’Malley mentioned how Trump’s comments damage American democracy.

“Democracies are very vulnerable to turning on themselves,” said O’Malley. “What’s different now is you have a voice like Donald Trump who’s spewing this sort of hate language and fanning the flames of fear.”

“The goodness of America will ring out,” said O’Malley. “We need to hold close to each other…it’s hard for us to understand the vulnerabilities and all the things our American Muslim neighbors go through, and there are some who would like us to start acting like Nazi’s, but we’re better than that.”


read: http://iowastartingline.com/2015/12/13/omalley-stands-with-muslims-following-trumps-religious-ban/

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1. K & R. n/t

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2. “I’m not a divider. This is part of my DNA.

Events sometimes shift campaigns, and I intend to use the power of my campaign to move this conversation forward.”

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3. my reply is "who in hell are you kidding?" Not me who has experienced

this nation's "goodness"