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5 Old School Civil Rights Violations And Their Eerie Trump-Era Counterparts

Trump Advocated for a Muslim Registry on the Campaign Trail

While he was running for President, Trump was once asked if he supported a database to track Muslim Americans. He responded, “There should be a lot of systems, beyond database, we should have a lot of systems, and today you can do it … I would certainly implement that.” One of Trump’s loudest supporters, Higbie, praised the idea, saying that America had already set the precedent for using registry and even internment to help protect the country.

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