And now proving just how much he totally, completely doesn’t get it, Trump is now calling for a total moratorium on Muslim migration to the U.S.
"Without looking at the various polling data, it is obvious to anybody the hatred is beyond comprehension. Where this hatred comes from and why we will have to determine," Trump said in the statement. "Until we are able to determine and understand this problem and the dangerous threat it poses, our country cannot be the victims of horrendous attacks by people that believe only in Jihad, and have no sense of reason or respect for human life. If I win the election for President, we are going to Make America Great Again."
Where does the hate come from? Let me take a quick guess and suggest people just like Trump? Specially Frank Gaffney a notorious anti-Islamist who is the head of the so-called Center for Security Policy that produced the polls claiming that 25% of Muslims support violence against America, and 50% think they should have the choice of being under Sharia law.
Here’s what Pew said in 2013.
A 2013 Pew Research Center poll asked Muslims around the world whether attacks on civilians were justified. Globally 72% of Muslims said violence against civilians is never justified, and in the US, 81% of Muslims opposed such violence. About 14% of Muslims in the nations surveyed (and 8% of Muslims in the US) said violence against civilians is "often" or "sometimes" justified.
It’s not just that he’s using a clearly biased poll, it’s that he decides that even under that poll that 75% of Muslims who who he admits don’t support Jihad should have the shoulder the responsibility for the others.
Besides being craven and cowardly, that is also the exact definition of bigotry.