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applegrove

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Mon May 23, 2016, 08:29 PM May 2016

Try Not To Laugh: Trump Camp Quietly Reaching Out To Muslims For Support

Try Not To Laugh: Trump Camp Quietly Reaching Out To Muslims For Support

FreakOutNation at Crooks and Liars

http://crooksandliars.com/2016/05/try-not-laugh-trump-camp-quietly-reaching

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We're not sure how presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump could possibly have the audacity to court Muslim voters but it's happening.

The HIll reports that Trump's top foreign policy adviser, Walid Phares, has quietly opened backchannels within Muslim and Middle Eastern communities in the U.S. in an attempt to win over a small but increasingly important voting bloc.

Prominent Muslim Republicans and conservative Middle Eastern activists in the U.S. are being courted by the Trump campaign. It's almost funny considering the GOP front-runner's ‘ban Muslims' remark.

The Hill reports:

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Phares said that he initiated contact with several individuals and groups to ask them to organize for Trump or to sell them on Trump's positions in hopes that they'd at some point support the likely GOP nominee.

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Try Not To Laugh: Trump Camp Quietly Reaching Out To Muslims For Support (Original Post) applegrove May 2016 OP
K & R ...... Wounded Bear May 2016 #1
Whoa! No way! RKP5637 May 2016 #2
He'll just come up with another lie for them world wide wally May 2016 #3
I believe in fairness travisjbailey May 2016 #4
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