Bernie Sanders has accused the Trump administration of ratcheting up anti-Muslim rhetoric at a time when hate groups and hate crimes are both growing.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., addresses an audience during a campaign event, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019, in Raymond, N.H.
“The fact is, as I know, that Muslim Americans for generations have been part of the fabric of our American family,” Castro, from Texas, told the convention’s attendees.Sanders accused the Trump administration of ratcheting up anti-Muslim rhetoric at a time when hate groups and hate crimes are both swelling.
John Esposito, Director of Georgetown University’s Bridge Initiative, a research project focusing on Islamophobia, said Trump’s rhetoric has emboldened a pre-existing network of anti-Muslim groups and actors often called the Islamophobia industry. Trump’s Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has expressed hardline anti-Muslim views and has been celebrated by ACT for America, designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Writing about the incident on social media, Omar, who is of Somali origin, said: “I hate that we live in a world where you have to be protected from fellow humans. I hated it as a child living through war and I hate it now.”
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