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yallerdawg

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3. New Rule - Don't reference "the news" in a debate?
Wed Dec 23, 2015, 11:10 AM
Dec 2015

This headline from NBC News (a.k.a. "Trump Network&quot well before debate:

Donald Trump's Muslim Bashing Aids Cause of Terror Networks, Say Experts

Donald Trump's call for closing America's door to Muslims is opening a window of opportunity for groups like ISIS, counter-terrorism experts and human rights advocates say.

The Republican presidential candidate's controversial proposal for barring all Muslims from entering the United States is being used by the head-chopping fanatics and other terrorist groups like al Qaeda to attract recruits by painting the land of the free as opposed to Islam, experts told NBC News on Tuesday.

"They love him from the sense that he is supporting their rhetoric," said Rita Katz with the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors the social media activities of Islamic terrorist groups.

"They follow everything Donald Trump says," she noted. "When he says, 'No Muslims should be allowed in America,' they tell people, 'We told you America hates Muslims and here is proof.'"

And more...


Here's that "higher standard" for Hillary again. She has to verify and source the accuracy and details of the news before she can reference the news?

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