Donald Trump Comes Out in Favor of Racial Profiling, of Course
The only surprise here is that it took Trump this long to start advocating for racial profiling.
His whole campaign has been based on ruthlessly exploiting the worst bigoted and racist memes of the far right: torture, religious tests for citizenship, giant walls to keep out the dark-skinned hordes, etc. Supporting racial profiling is just one more piece of the horrible puzzle.
Republican Donald Trump said on Sunday the United States should consider more racial profiling, in response to a question about whether he supported greater law enforcement scrutiny of Muslim Americans after the Orlando mass shooting.
“I think profiling is something that we’re going to have to start thinking about as a country,” Trump told CBS’ “Face the Nation.”
“You look at Israel and you look at others, and they do it and they do it successfully. And you know, I hate the concept of profiling, but we have to start using common sense,” he said when asked if he supported increased profiling of Muslims in America.