Herman Cain’s interview with GQ magazine (in which he claimed that the majority of US Muslims have “extremist views”) has lost him a strong supporter: Herman Cain Loses The Muslims He Apologized To.

Just a few months ago, Robert Marro was singing Herman Cain’s praises. Now he’s as cynical about the rapidly collapsing Republican presidential insider as a DC political reporter.

Marro’s story is similar to many, except for one thing: He’s one of the Muslims who helped rehabilitate Cain’s image after Cain tried to step down as the Pied Piper of Islamophobia.

Back in July, Cain visited the ADAMS Center, a Northern Virginia mosque where Marro serves as a trustee. This followed months of Cain beating the drum that Muslims in this country were to be feared and don’t deserve the same rights as other religious Americans.

After the meeting, Cain said he emerged a changed man, more open-minded about the faith he admitted to knowing little about before the visit. Marro told TPM Cain was telling the truth.

“He seemed genuinely surprised,” Marro said at the time. “It was almost like he was saying, ‘I should’ve known better.’”

Unfortunately, it was Marro who should’ve known better.

“His status among the nominees has increased, the primaries are getting closer, and closer, and people are going to try to appeal more and more to the base of voters who will come out,” Marro said.”The people who will turn out will be the people with the kind of views that would be stoked by statements like [Cain’s in GQ].” …

“To claim that all Muslims say [that the majority of Muslims are extremists], it’s just ridiculous,” he said.