Trump: I’m All For Free Speech, But Anti-Islam Cartoon Contest Was ‘DUMB!’

Donald Trump speaks during the Freedom Summit, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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Real estate mogul and wannabe presidential candidate Donald Trump on Monday night took a break from talking tough about President Barack Obama to criticize a Muhammad cartoon-drawing contest where two gunmen opened fire Sunday in Garland, Texas.

One of the event’s organizers, Pamela Geller, has sought to cast the shooting as a “war on free speech.” In a series of tweets, Trump suggested Geller and the other notorious anti-Muslim extremists who hosted the event were “publicity seekers” who actually provoked the attack:

Trump also called out Geller directly earlier Monday in an interview on Fox News’ “Fox and Friends.”

“It looks like she’s actually taunting people,” Trump said. “It’s disgusting that [the shooting] happened and everything else, but what are they doing drawing Muhammad? Isn’t there something else they can draw?”

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  1. When even Trump thinks you’re being really dumb, well, you know there’s not much hope left for you.

  2. Woah, did we find his limit? Something too dumb for Señor Hair?

  3. “Deep thoughts from Jack Handy.”

    The old SNL skit.

  4. Drumpf denouncing publicity-seekers? It’s the end of times.

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