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Cali_Democrat

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Tue Jan 26, 2016, 12:40 AM Jan 2016

Hillary Clinton Gets Emotional as Muslim Woman Asks Question About Trump’s Rhetoric

by Lindsey Ellefson | 11:20 pm, January 25th, 2016

Tonight at the Democratic Town Hall on CNN, Hillary Clinton denounced Donald Trump‘s “bullying” when asked by Islamic Air Force veteran Erum Tariq-Munir whether the United States is the best place for her to raise her three children with its current Islamophobic climate.

Before answering, Clinton thanked the hijabi veteran for her service. Then, as she responded, the former Secretary of State appeared to get emotional, allowing anger to edge its way into her response.

Clinton said that the insulting, denigrating, and harmful language used by the GOP — “particularly their frontrunner” — has been “one of the most distressing” parts of the 2016 campaign. She was visibly upset as she followed up, “It’s not only shameful and offensive, which it is — I think it’s dangerous … We cannot tolerate this. We must stand up and say, ‘Every person in this country deserves to be treated with respect.'”

She next went on to tie the generally domestic question into foreign policy, asserting, “We need a coalition that includes Muslim nations to defeat ISIS and it’s pretty hard to figure out how you’re going to make a coalition with the very nations you need if you spend your time insulting their religion!”

http://www.mediaite.com/online/clinton-gets-emotional-as-muslim-voter-asks-question-about-trumps-rhetoric/

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Hillary Clinton Gets Emotional as Muslim Woman Asks Question About Trump’s Rhetoric (Original Post) Cali_Democrat Jan 2016 OP
That was a powerful moment in this town hall Gothmog Jan 2016 #1
I was a wonderful, sincere, empathetic response. SunSeeker Jan 2016 #2
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