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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 10:43 AM Aug 2016

Trump supporter fearing Muslim ‘gang rapes’ floats World War II internment camps on CNN

Betsy McCaughey, a surrogate for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, suggested World War II-style internment camps for Muslim refugees on Tuesday because she said that American women were being exposed to “gang rapes.”

Echoing a line from Trump’s Monday speech on terrorism, McCaughey told CNN host Alisyn Camerota that Hillary Clinton “appears to want to be the Angela Merkel of the United States bringing in over 600,000 refugees” from Syria. Although Camerota pointed out that McCaughey’s statement was not true, the Trump supporter ignored her and continued.

“Let me tell you what the danger is,” she said. “Number one, rape. When you look at what’s happening across Europe, women and young girls are being gang raped by Syrian and Muslim refugees who claimed it was because these women were scantily dressed.”

“What’s your source?” Camerota wondered. “It’s in the European papers, gang rapes of women in Germany and Switzerland and Sweden,” McCaughey insisted. “It’s well known there and well documented.”

(In fact, the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention victim survey shows that the number of sex crimes is virtually unchanged since 2005.

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http://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/trump-supporter-fearing-muslim-gang-rapes-floats-world-war-ii-internment-camps-on-cnn/

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Trump supporter fearing Muslim ‘gang rapes’ floats World War II internment camps on CNN (Original Post) DonViejo Aug 2016 OP
Unhinged... Blue Idaho Aug 2016 #1
The same people who deny the concept of rape culture bluedye33139 Aug 2016 #2
Yup. Predicted this yesterday after his speech. Wants to lock them all up. MichiganVote Aug 2016 #3
Ms Betsy "obamacare will cause death panels" is an idiot kimbutgar Aug 2016 #4
Unfortunately Koramatsu hasn't been overturned. no_hypocrisy Aug 2016 #5

Blue Idaho

(5,044 posts)
1. Unhinged...
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 10:46 AM
Aug 2016

I'd like to know what drugs are being consumed by Trump and his campaign. It's hard to imagine that level of insanity without chemical support.

bluedye33139

(1,474 posts)
2. The same people who deny the concept of rape culture
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 10:46 AM
Aug 2016

are now trying to push the concept of a Muslim-only rape culture?

I'm sorry, only Muslims and Hispanic people, to be precise.

In terms of progress, it is interesting that America's racists have learned not to accuse black people of being all rapists any more. But it's sad they've turned their blanket attacks on Muslims and Hispanic people.

 

MichiganVote

(21,086 posts)
3. Yup. Predicted this yesterday after his speech. Wants to lock them all up.
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 10:56 AM
Aug 2016

What he also wants and would pursue of locking up Obama, Biden, Clinton and anyone else who has displeased him. But mostly-Obama.

no_hypocrisy

(46,060 posts)
5. Unfortunately Koramatsu hasn't been overturned.
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 12:18 PM
Aug 2016

There *could* be legal internment camps if Trump is elected and declares a national crisis.

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