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malaise

(297,921 posts)
Sat Jun 9, 2018, 09:42 AM Jun 2018

That time 'Don the Con' said there were no Muslim American sports heroes

Ignore his BS on Ali

https://www.vox.com/2016/6/4/11858064/donald-trump-muhammad-ali
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Muhammad Ali played many roles over the course of a life that sadly ended yesterday. High on the list are that he was an iconic boxing champion and probably the first American Muslim to be really widely known. Last December, President Obama made a glancing reference to Ali and other famous Muslim athletes like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Shaquille O'Neal in a speech about ISIS and national security.

That prompted one of the all-time weirdest Donald Trump tweets, in which he suggested that there were no such Muslim sports heroes.

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

Obama said in his speech that Muslims are our sports heroes. What sport is he talking about, and who? Is Obama profiling?
12:50 AM - Dec 7, 2015

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Ignore this vile cretin



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