Twitter Got Salty With Donald Trump’s Request That ‘Muslims Report Stuff’

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At Sunday’s Presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, Trump fielded a question about Islamophobia by saying “we have to be sure that Muslims come in and report when they see something going on.” In other words, he once again answered a question about Islamophobia by continuing to promote the Islamophobic assumption that Muslim Americans are some kind of monolithic entity that knows terrorists and isn’t turning them in. Considering he also proposed putting every Muslim on a list, we shouldn’t be surprised.

On Twitter, one Muslim tweeted something that went incredibly viral in response to Trump’s statement:

Others also brought up a good point:

https://twitter.com/LailaLalami/status/785295259148259329

And soon, more people were making jokes at the Donald’s expense and making great points using the hashtag MuslimsReportStuff:

Others also jumped on the hashtag, tweeting mostly jokes, but occasionally mentioning their gripes about Donald Trump and other bullies.

https://twitter.com/EmanHAly/status/785309405420150784

https://twitter.com/kradiologist/status/785317667271946240
https://twitter.com/Shehabchow/status/785330616262922240

https://twitter.com/PersianRose1/status/785329151289032704
https://twitter.com/ysnkdr/status/785435516376408069

https://twitter.com/Amelia_Inc/status/785333881436303360

(Hat tip to Pedestrian and Washington Post)

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