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ISIS propaganda expert: The group ‘talks about Obama more’ than Donald Trump
Donald Trump says he wants Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to apologize for claiming that he was “becoming ISIS’s best recruiter”.
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“Hillary Clinton suggesting that Donald Trump is being used in an ISIS recruiting video, man, talk about chutzpah”, the former Florida governor said on Bill Bennet’s radio program.
However, it is unacceptable for journalists to flat-out lie about what Hillary said, then declare her a liar on that basis. But as far as Hillary is concerned, she’s always been – whether it is Whitewater or the email scandal – she always lies.
Still, Trump’s comments make it harder for the United States to build good will among Muslim populations and make him complicit in Islamic State mobilization efforts, said Democratic strategist Bud Jackson.
The group certainly might mention Trump’s call for a ban on Muslim immigration in their propaganda, McCants added, but it wouldn’t have happened this quickly.
Clinton made the claim during Saturday night’s Democratic debate, but a spokeswoman later said they did not have a specific video of ISIS using clips of Trump disparaging Muslims, but instead pointed to social media comments from ISIS recruiters.
“Now I would say this Matt – I will demand an apology from Hillary, OK?”
Pundits debated the claim all weekend, and several fact-checkers ruled that there’s no evidence to back up Clinton’s claim about the terrorist group.
Some pundits have argued that Trump’s rhetoric likely benefits ISIS, there’s no evidence that the terror group has actually used his words or image in recruitment propaganda.
“There are very few analysts who have watched all of IS’s videos”, said counterterrorism analyst Daveed Gartenstein-Ross. “I will demand an apology from Hillary, she should apologize”.
Wait, what? She never actually said that ISIS was producing recruitment videos featuring Donald Trump?
Another ISIS supporter tweeted, “The actions of Trump are just a trailer of what is awaiting Muslims in future in” Western countries.
Jennifer Palimieri, Clinton’s communications director, also doubled down on Clinton’s comments on ABC’s This Week.
The fact checker found that Hillary had turned overheated “speculative left-of-center rhetoric into fact”.
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On TODAY, Trump defended his attack, criticizing Clinton’s history in public office.