Debate on Political Extremism and Islam

Who will this November because Abdul El-Sayed is an Islamist

sympathetic, communist adjacent, hard line extremist radical,

and there's no place for him in American public life, and a lot of Democrats

believe so as well. A lot of Haley Stevens bl-

voters believe so as well.

Words like adjacent-

Donald Trump

... and sympathizer are doing a lot of work there to try to

smear a candidate with

beliefs that he does not actually hold.

I am smearing a candidate 100%.

The, the, the point here is that for example,

President Trump describing him as a

jihadist. There is nothing in his record

that suggests he is a jihadist.

Excuse me.

The tweet-

When the Iranian-

Let me finish

... Supreme Leader was killed by the American military-

The tweet by Donald Trump-

... in a successful operation-

... is an obvious dog whistle-

Abdul-

... an obvious dog whistle to religious

prejudice.

No.

It's not even a dog-

It's a prejudice toward Islamism

... whistle, to bigots who w- don't want to elect a Muslim or an Arab.

Excuse me.

And that is what-

You're not contending with the reality-

... the tactic that is

... that he is out there defending the actions

of religious extremists who

carry out terrorism in his name. I just got done condemning stupid

Republicans who

are making stupid comments about Muslims.

But you do that about Trump though.

My boss is Muslim. I work at a leading-

No, no, but do Trump now

... public policy think tank in the American

Right.

Do Donald Trump now.

I am doing Donald Trump now.

No, you're not.

Donald Trump gets it right when he calls Abdul El-Sayed-

Donald, did Donald Trump get it right with the

Muslim ban that was

unconstitutional? Did he get it right when he-

We are not talking about the Muslim ban.

Wait a minute. You just got very animated.

That was in 2017.

You got very animated. You're very upset about these things

that were, comments

that were made.

I sure am.

But you are not that upset when Donald Trump does it.

I'm not understanding.

He actually-

Well, you'll have to forgive me-

He jives your interest

... because Donald Trump didn't try to ram an

explosive-laden truck into a

synagogue-

It's selective outrage here

... with 140 preschoolers in it in my

hometown.

Fair. Fine. Fair.

That was the guy who Abdul El-Sayed was defending.

Jesse, one at a time. One at a time. One at a time.

But, but just, but where is that smoke for Donald Trump?

What? I have it.

When he spoke-

I'll provide it.

When he-

I'll give it to you

... you just did not. When he instituted a Muslim ban

unconstitutionally, was it

one of the first things-

That was in 2017. It's not the topic we're talking about.

It was one of the first things he did.

It also wasn't a Muslim ban.

But he still did it.

I don't-

Okay. The shithole-

It wasn't a religious ban.

Yes, it was.

It was a, it was...

No, it was a Muslim ban.

No, it wasn't.

Guys, guys, guys, guys, guys.

No, it was.

I'm gonna do, we're gonna do one at a time,

else we're gonna go to break here.

Yeah.

So Tara, you first. Go ahead.

Thank you.

The Muslim ban.

Wrong.

The shithole countries, the attacks on Somalis

and their religion and all, the

Ilhan Omar. You can disagree with her-

When did Trump attack a Somali's religion?

Hang on, hang on, hang on. Go ahead, Tara, finish.

I mean, my God.

You're getting this wrong, Tara.

You guys don't wanna listen because you're hypocrites.

No, you're just getting the facts wrong time

and again.

And so you try to overtalk me because you don't wanna hear the truth about the fact

that you are not willing to call Donald Trump out the exact same way.

What did Donald Trump say about Somalis' religion?

What did Donald Trump say about Somalis' religion?

Okay, okay, okay. 10 seconds then we'll go around the table.

You're gonna nitpick about him-

Jesse, go ahead. Tara, go ahead

... you're gonna nitpick about him going after

Somalis and Muslims and he, he, the

list is long.

I yield my time back to Tara to ask-

Oh, thank you

... what Donald Trump said about Somalis'

religion.

Oh, I appreciate you finally shutting up so I

can actually get a sentence out.

Like, I'm not gonna give you credit for, for just being quiet so I can finish.

Go ahead. We'll go on.

All right.

Okay. Since y-