DONALD TRUMP CALLED FOR A TOTAL BAN ON MUSLIMS.
NOT ON
SPECIFIC KINDS OF MUSLIMS, ALL MUSLIMS.
SO HE IS ASKED ABOUT IT AND SAYS THIS.
WOULDN'T THAT VIOLATE THE CONSTITUTION'S THEME OF
RELIGION?
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT IN THE COUNTRY.
THE PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY ARE IN THE COUNTRY, WE ARE NOT
TALKING ABOUT THEM.
THESE PEOPLE ARE OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY SO WE ARE NOT
TALKING ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION.
AND IT IS NOT ABOUT RELIGION, IT IS SAFETY.
THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH RELIGION.
NOTHING TO DO WITH RELIGION, EXCEPT THAT YOU BANNED A
SPECIFIC RELIGION.
HE SAYS WILDLY CONTRADICTORY THINGS.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT MUSLIMS, BUT IT IS ABOUT ALL MUSLIMS.
IT IS
SAFETY AND SECURITY.
IT IS NOT ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION BECAUSE
THEY ARE OUT OF THE COUNTRY.
BUT HE SAID IT APPLIES TO MUSLIM
AMERICANS, SO IF SOMEONE WHO IS MUSLIM AMERICAN OR SOUNDS LIKE
ONE, YOU HAVE TO PROVE THAT YOU ARE NOT, IF YOU ARE SIKH
AMERICAN, YOU HAVE TO PROVE TO ME IF YOU GO OUT OF THE COUNTRY
AND COME BACK THAT YOU ARE NOT A MUSLIM.
YOU CAN'T COME BACK INTO
THE COUNTRY EVEN IF YOU ARE A U.S. CITIZEN, YOU CAN BET THAT
HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.
NOW HE WILL TELL US ABOUT HIS WONDERFUL MUSLIM FRIENDS.
THERE IS SOMETHING OUT THERE THAT IS EVIL.
SOMETHING OUT
THERE IS CAUSING PROBLEMS.
MY PEOPLE ARE SMARTER THAN THE
PUNDITS.
THE PEOPLE THAT SUPPORT ME, AND MANY PEOPLE WHO DON'T
SUPPORT ME WHO AGREE WITH ME -- BUT THE AMAZING THING IN THE
BEAUTIFUL THING IS THAT MANY MUSLIM FRIENDS OF MINE ARE
IN AGREEMENT WITH ME.
WHAT I AM DOING NOW IS FAR MORE IMPORTANT, AND I AM TALKING
ABOUT FOR THE MUSLIMS.
I AM DOING GOOD FOR THE MUSLIMS.
WHAT
I AM DOING NOW IS FAR MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANY PARTICULAR
BUSINESS I HAVE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
I'M DOING A BIG FAVOR -- I
WAS JUST CALLED BY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE OF THE
MIDDLE EAST AND JUST SAID TO ME DONALD, YOU HAVE DONE A
TREMENDOUS SERVICE TO THE MUSLIMS.
I'M DOING GOOD FOR THE MUSLIMS?
AN IMPORTANT MUSLIM
CALLED YOU AND SAID YOU ARE DOING AN IMPORTANT SERVICE TO US
BY BANNING ME AND MY MOM AND WIFE AND KIDS?
MY KIDS WERE
THINKING OF COMING SHOPPING, BUT THANK YOU FOR BANNING US, YOU
DID US A FAVOR?
YEAH, THAT CONVERSATION HAPPENED.
HE ALSO SAID --
I HAD NOT THOUGHT OF BANNING MYSELF FROM YOUR COUNTRY BEFORE.
THAT IS BRILLIANT AND FANTASTIC.
THAT IS WHAT THOSE MUSLIM
FRIENDS OF DONALD TRUMP SAID.
HOW CAN PEOPLE BELIEVE THIS?
HE
IS AT 38%, HE IS WINNING BY 25 POINT IN THE REPUBLICAN FIELD.
PEOPLE LOOK AT THAT AND GO, THAT IS TOTALLY TRUE.
HIS MUSLIM
FRIEND THINKS IT IS FANTASTIC AND BRILLIANT TO BAN HIMSELF.
THAT IS WHAT HE THINKS.
AND HIS PEOPLE ARE SMARTER THAN ALL THE
PUNDITS, THAT IS WHAT HIS PEOPLE SAY.
HEY, THAT HAS GOT TO BE
TRUE.
DON LEMON WANTS TO HELP THIS RACIST BY SAYING, YOU LET ME
IN, RIGHT?
AS I SIT HERE YOU HAVE BEEN VERY KIND TO ME, INTRODUCED ME
TO YOUR FAMILY.
YOU HAVE BEEN VERY KIND TO ME.
WHEN PEOPLE SAY YOU
ARE RACIST OR HOMOPHOBIC OR ISLAMOPHOBIC OR WHATEVER IT IS,
THAT HAS TO BOTHER YOU.
OR COMPARE YOU TO HITLER.
IF THINGS ARE TRUE, IF THAT WERE TRUE, IT WOULD BOTHER ME
TREMENDOUSLY, OKAY?
OF COURSE IF YOU WERE A RACIST YOU PROBABLY
WOULD NOT CARE.
IF THINGS ARE TRUE THEY BOTHER ME.
BUT IT IS
SO FALSE, AND HONESTLY I DON'T HEAR IT OFTEN.
IT IS SO FALSE.
I WOULD LIKE TO BAN ALL MUSLIMS FROM THE
COUNTRY BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL DANGEROUS, BUT ME BEING BIGOTED?
NO, SO FALSE.
AND DON, I LET YOU INTO MY HOUSE, I LET YOU SHAKE
MY FAMILY'S AND, HOW CAN I BE RACIST?
AND ALL MY SYCOPHANTS
TELL ME I AM THE GREATEST GUY IN THE WORLD, THEY NEVER CALL ME
RACIST.
I NEVER HEAR IT.
DON, THANK YOU FOR THAT HARD-HITTING
INTERVIEW.
WAY TO GO.