Donald Trump Stands Behind His Comments About Profiling: "We Have No Choice"
Published on Sep 20, 2016
Donald Trump appeared on The O'Reilly Factor Monday night telling the host we have no choice but to profile Arab or Muslim men. This follows the recent terror attacks in New York and New Jersey and The Donald is not holding back. The Republican presidential candidate went on to say profiling is something Israel does well. Bill O'Reilly then asked Trump just how he thinks profiling would work but only received a vague answer saying, "At airports and other locations."
Donald Trump was on Face the Nation, and was asked if he thinks the government should racially profile Mulsims. He said that it is some the US should “start thinking about.” Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
“CBS News over the weekend that the United States should consider religious and ethnic profiling to prevent terror attacks.
“I think profiling is something that we’re going to have to start thinking about as a country,” Trump said. “Other countries do it, you look at Israel and you look at others, they do it and they do it successfully. And I hate the concept of profiling, but we have to start using common sense and we have to use our heads.”
Israel’s most systematic use of racial profiling occurs at its borders and has been rife with abuses that stand in contrast with American values of equal treatment and safeguarding personal liberties.
The Arab American Institute has collected stories of Arab and Muslim Americans who have been harassed or detained while entering Israel. They offer a window into the human impact of racial profiling.”
Donald Trump: America Needs to Racially Profile Muslims & Arabs Like They Do in Israel
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Donald Trump appeared on The O'Reilly Factor Monday night telling the host we have no choice but to profile Arab or Muslim men. This follows the recent terror attacks in New York and New Jersey and The Donald is not holding back. The Republican presidential candidate went on to say profiling is something Israel does well. Bill O'Reilly then asked Trump just how he thinks profiling would work but only received a vague answer saying, "At airports and other locations."
Donald Trump was on Face the Nation, and was asked if he thinks the government should racially profile Mulsims. He said that it is some the US should “start thinking about.” Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
“CBS News over the weekend that the United States should consider religious and ethnic profiling to prevent terror attacks.
“I think profiling is something that we’re going to have to start thinking about as a country,” Trump said. “Other countries do it, you look at Israel and you look at others, they do it and they do it successfully. And I hate the concept of profiling, but we have to start using common sense and we have to use our heads.”
Israel’s most systematic use of racial profiling occurs at its borders and has been rife with abuses that stand in contrast with American values of equal treatment and safeguarding personal liberties.
The Arab American Institute has collected stories of Arab and Muslim Americans who have been harassed or detained while entering Israel. They offer a window into the human impact of racial profiling.”
Donald Trump: America Needs to Racially Profile Muslims & Arabs Like They Do in Israel
As always, we would like to open this topic to the floor for discussion.
We invite you to make your comments blow.
As always, we would like to open this topic to the floor for discussion.