Donald Trump doesn’t just want to keep Syrian refugees out, he wants increased surveillance of Muslims in the United States. Increased like how? Trump goes there—you can fill in the historical reference for “there” yourself:
“We’re going to have to do things that we never did before. And some people are going to be upset about it, but I think that now everybody is feeling that security is going to rule,” Trump said. “And certain things will be done that we never thought would happen in this country in terms of information and learning about the enemy. And so we’re going to have to do certain things that were frankly unthinkable a year ago.”
Yahoo News asked Trump whether this level of tracking might require registering Muslims in a database or giving them a form of special identification that noted their religion. He wouldn’t rule it out.
“We’re going to have to — we’re going to have to look at a lot of things very closely,” Trump said when presented with the idea. “We’re going to have to look at the mosques. We’re going to have to look very, very carefully.”
Presumably these days he’d be looking at something higher-tech than a crescent moon-and-star patch worn on people’s clothing, but … what, tracking devices implanted under the skin? Or just a big black mark on the drivers licenses and passports of Muslim Americans?
Talk about a campaign explicitly run on hate and fear, all the while the candidate insists he’s all about American greatness.
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