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It compares very poorly to Senator McCain\u2019s response, in a somewhat similar case, back in 2008.<\/p>\n
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But that\u2019s neither here nor there: \u00a0The question was appalling, and Mr. Trump\u2019s answer didn\u2019t reassure.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 Actually, that wasn\u2019t the most horrifying thing to me. \u00a0The most horrifying thing was the questioner\u2019s suggestion that Muslims ought all to be deported from the United States followed by Mr. Trump\u2019s failure to take a stand against such a bigoted and essentially fascistic proposal: \u00a0 http:\/\/time.com\/4039658\/trump-obama-muslim\/ \u00a0 It compares very poorly to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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