Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

2016 Postmortem

Showing Original Post only (View all)

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 [View all]

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.

-snip-

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

5 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Latest Discussions»Retired Forums»2016 Postmortem»Trump supporter fearing M...»Reply #0