Trump Implies Clinton Should Condemn Whole Countries Over ‘Radical Islam’

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Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that Hillary Clinton is too busy denouncing his supporters as “deplorable” to level the same criticism at countries that harbor Islamic terrorists.

Speaking at High Point University in North Carolina, Trump accused Clinton of reserving her harshest criticism for political opponents, saying the former secretary of state “talks tougher about my supporters than she does about Islamic terrorists.”

“She calls the patriotic Americans who support our campaign, many of them cops and soldiers, deplorable and irredeemable,” he said before launching into a series of questions.

“Has she ever talked that way about radical Islam or about those who oppose and murder women and gays overseas?” he asked, answering himself: “Noooo.”

“In many countries overseas, non-believers face the death penalty. Whether it is Hillary’s condemnation – I mean, where is it? Where is her condemnation of these people?” Trump asked rhetorically. “Where is her condemnation of these countries?”

Trump went on to say that Clinton believes “decent American citizens are a bigger threat than radical Islam.” While Clinton and President Barack Obama reject conservatives’ favored terminology of “radical Islam,” it wasn’t clear what Trump was referencing.

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  1. Shock. Dumbshit says more dumb shit.

  2. Words fail me. Again.

  3. I guess Drumpf and his worshipers thinks that saying the word ‘Radical Islam’ will destroy ISIL is a heartbeat and the world will go back to being great again. And this is the guy that is pulling ahead of Clinton in Iowa, North Carolina, Florida, Ohio, Nevada? WOW.

  4. Awaiting the NYT take…not holding my breath.

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