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As Trump Dodges Question of When US Can “Get Rid of” Muslims, Nader Asks: What if It Had Been Jews?

Ralph Nader speaks about Donald Trump and xenophobia.

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Following the mounting criticism over Donald Trump’s statements during and after a town hall meeting in New Hampshire Thursday, at which he did not contradict a question by one of his supporters about when the United States could “get rid of” Muslims, we speak with Ralph Nader about Donald Trump and xenophobia. “What if the man had said that about Jews instead of Muslims? About Christians instead of Muslims?” Ralph Nader asked.

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