Yikes. Just, yikes.
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. When Kathy Grimes heard Donald Trump had proposed a ban on Muslim immigrants, she didn't believe it even when shown the press release.
"It is inflammatory. It's polarizing. Islam is supposed to be the religion of peace," said Grimes, a 67-year-old California resident who came to Trump's rally Monday here while in the area for vacation. Perhaps, she said, one of his staff members got the details wrong in writing the statement.
But when Trump himself read the release, word for word, to a standing-room-only rally aboard the USS Yorktown, much of the crowd stood and applauded.
Trump cited a questionable online poll conducted by the Center for Security Policy, an organization with an anti-Muslim reputation. The poll found 25% of Muslim-American respondents thought violence against Americans is justified. "These are people who are here, by the way," Trump said.
"They're in Detroit!" a man yelled, referencing the sizable Middle Eastern population in Detroit's suburbs. A few people chuckled. .................(more)
http://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2015/12/07/donald-trump-muslims-south-carolina-reaction/76956472/