Update | Furious Obama blasts Trump for anti-Muslim language, calls it un-American and dangerous
Obama denounces ‘yapping’ politicians in wake of Orlando massacre, singling out Trump and asking ‘where does this stop?’
President Barack Obama assailed Donald Trump and the Republican party for “loose talk” and anti-Muslim rhetoric Tuesday, warning that their populist election message was dangerous and un-American.
Tearing into “politicians who tweet and appear on cable news shows,” an angry Obama said right-wing bombast and “yapping” had whipped up anger but done nothing to prevent terrorism.
The killing of 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando - by a self-described Islamic State sympathiser - has poured kerosene on already angry election-year debates over guns, terrorism, sex and faith.
The bloody attack prompted Trump to repeat his controversial proposal to ban all Muslims from entering the United States on counterterrorism grounds.
Obama took issue with Trump’s plan.
“Where does this stop?” Obama demanded, shedding his usual ‘no drama Obama’ public persona to denounce “language that singles out immigrants and suggests entire religious communities are complicit in violence.”
