Last night, the man responsible for a billboard in Colorado that asks “President or Jihad?” appeared on MSNBC and explained his definition of “jihad.”
“To me it means, it’s an extreme element of a struggle to overcome somebody … It’s certainly not one of us. It’s certainly not what an American is,” said Phil Wolf, the owner of an auto dealership in Wheat Ridge, Colo., where he’s posted the billboard.
“Do you think Obama wants a religious war?” asked host Ed Schultz.
“I think he is an anti-Christian,” Wolf responded. When pressed, he said, “My statement up there on the sign has got a question mark behind it. And the question has to be answered.”
Video after the jump.
Last week, the general manager of Wolf’s dealership was similarly evasive when interviewed by TPM.
The billboard appeared last week, replacing one that asked simply, “Where is the birth certificate?” The original message, also paid for by Wolf, was supported by a local radio host and the right-wing site World Net Daily.
In features two caricatures of Obama, one wearing a turban, and in the bottom corner it reads, “Wake up America! Remember Ft. Hood!”
On MSNBC yesterday, Wolf — who said he doesn’t believe Obama is an American citizen — criticized Obama’s “cavalier attitude” toward the Fort Hood shooting and claimed the president has been “apologizing” for America.
“Obama’s teling the world that we should be more tolerant, that we should be more like them, in other words,” Wolf said.
Asked if he thinks tolerance of other cultures makes America weaker, Wolf said he believes it does.
