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AFTER THE ATTACKS IN BRUSSELS, A NUMBER OF U.S.
POLITICIANS WENT TO THE MEDIA TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS ON THE
HORRIBLE TERRORIST ATTACK.
TED CRUZ TOOK THINGS A LITTLE FAR WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT
THE IMPORTANCE OF USING OUR LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS TO
MONITOR MUSLIM NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE ACTS OF RADICAL
ISLAMIC TERRORISM CAN TAKE PLACE.
HE WAS SO AGGRESSIVE IN STATING THAT, HE DID GET BLOWBACK, NOT
ONLY FROM DEMOCRATS OR LIBERALS, HE GOT BLOWBACK FROM THE NYPD.
HE MENTIONED THE NYPD AND HOW THEY WERE DOING A
CONTROVERSIAL PROGRAM IN NEW YORK WHERE THEY WOULD
FOLLOW AROUND INNOCENT MUSLIMS AND MONITOR THEM.
HE HAS NOW GONE ON CNN TO TALK ABOUT THAT MORE.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE VIDEO.
BEING AFRAID TO CONFRONT WHAT IT IS WE ARE FACING, BEING
AFRAID TO NAME IT THAT IT IS RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORISM
HAS LEFT US VULNERABLE TO JIHAD, AND ACTS OF TERROR.
THAT DOES NOT MEAN TARGETING MUSLIMS, THAT MEANS
TARGETING RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORISTS.
IT'S THE HEART OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND NATIONAL
SECURITY TO PREVENT THOSE WHO ARE WAGING WAR ON YOU FROM
ACTUALLY CARRYING OUT THEIR ACT OF WAR.
THE WAY HE FRAMES THAT IS INTERESTING THAT NOT ONLY
OUR LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT WE HAVE THE FBI AND THE
CIA, WE HAVE FEDERAL AGENTS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY LOOKING
FOR RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORISM IN THE COUNTRY.
WE HAVE LAWS IN PLACE, WE HAVE ACTIONS IN PLACE TO SEEK
THOSE PEOPLE OUT.
WHAT HE SAID WAS WE SHOULD MONITOR THESE MUSLIM
NEIGHBORHOODS WHICH MAKES IT CLEAR THAT YOU CONSIDER ALL
OF THESE MUSLIMS WHO HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING WRONG,
POTENTIAL THREATS.
YEAH.
I AM PRETTY SURE THAT TARGETING BASED ON RELIGION HAS NOT
WORKED OUT WELL HISTORICALLY.
THE PEOPLE WHO USUALLY DO THAT, DO COME TO THE RIGHT WING
AND THEY ARE SCARY.
THE WHOLE IDEA THAT WE ARE GOING TO BLAME A GROUP OF PEOPLE
IS NOT NEW.
DONALD TRUMP HAS DONE IT, TED CRUZ HAS DONE IT.
YOU ALREADY SAID IT 1000 TIMES, WHY HASN'T IT BEEN SOLVED YET?
THEIR IDEA OF KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE IS GOING AND ISOLATING
THEM AND MAKING THEM FEEL LIKE THEY ARE NOT PART OF US.
THAT IS BRILLIANT. THAT WILL BE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE AT ALL.
IN SOME POCKETS OF EUROPE THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING.
THEY FEEL MORE ISOLATED AND NOT ASSIMILATED INTO THE CULTURE.
THAT PRODUCES WORSE RESULTS.
IN AMERICA WE ARE DOING A GREAT JOB OF ASSIMILATING MUSLIMS
INTO AMERICAN CULTURE.
AND NOW TED CRUZ WOULD LIKE TO RUIN THAT. THANKS TED.
IN ORDER TO FIGHT TERRORISM THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING ON
AN INTERNATIONAL BASIS, YOU NEED TO MAKE OUR ALLIES.
THE BEST ALLIES TO HAVE ARE THOSE MUSLIMS WHO HAVE BEEN
BRUTALIZED BY ISIS THEMSELVES.
THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO DEAL WITH THE SAME
SITUATION THAT WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT.
YOU DON'T SOLVE IT BY ANTAGONIZING AN ENTIRE
GROUP OF PEOPLE.
WHEN YOU ANTAGONIZE SPECIFIC PEOPLE, IT'S MUCH MORE
EASIER FOR A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION TO RECRUIT
YOUNG, IMPRESSIONABLE MUSLIMS.
WHY DO YOU THINK ALL OF THESE MUSLIM SUICIDE BOMBERS ARE
IN THEIR 20S?
IT'S BECAUSE THEY ARE YOUNG AND FEEL ANTAGONIZED AND ISOLATED.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT THESE PEOPLE WOULD'VE BEEN GREAT IF WE
ALL TREAT THEM GREAT.
AT THE SAME TIME, DON'T GO OUT OF YOUR WAY TO MAKE IT SEEM
LIKE THIS IS A MUSLIM NEIGHBORHOOD WE NEED TO
MONITOR THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL A POTENTIAL THREAT.
THE
GUYS WHO DO THE BOMBINGS ARE FUNDAMENTALISTS, US VERSUS THEM.
WHEN YOU HAVE A FUNDAMENTALIST ON THE OTHER SIDE LIKE TED CRUZ
ñ THAT WAS THE ANALOGY HE USED TODAY.
LET'S GO TO THAT CLIP.
WITH
YOUR STATEMENT EMPOWERING LAW ENFORCEMENT TO PATROL AND SECURE
MUSLIM NEIGHBORHOODS, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS.
IT'S VERY SIMPLE, IT'S DOING WHAT LAW-ENFORCEMENT DOES
IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE.
IF YOU HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS A HIGH LEVEL OF GANG
ACTIVITY.
THE WAY TO PREVENT IT IS TO INCREASE LAW-ENFORCEMENT
PRESENCE THERE AND TARGET GANG MEMBERS.
BUT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT MUSLIM NEIGHBORHOODS, NOT
RADICALS IN PARTICULAR.
I AM TALKING ABOUT AN AREA WHERE THERE IS A HIGHER
INCIDENCE OF RADICAL ISLAMIC TERROR.
WHAT AREA IS HE TALKING ABOUT? HE IS TALKING ABOUT HERE.
IS HE TALKING ABOUT SAN BERNARDINO?
ONE MUSLIM COUPLE THAT DID THAT IN THAT AREA.
HE'S GOING TO TRY TO FIND OTHER RANDOM MUSLIMS IN SAN
BERNARDINO?
THAT IS NOT A PLACE THAT HAS A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF MUSLIMS
IN AMERICA, LET ALONE RADICAL MUSLIMS.
YOU DON'T GET TO THROW AWAY WELL-ESTABLISHED LAWS BECAUSE
YOU ARE AFRAID BECAUSE YOU WANT TO GET THE PUBLIC PARANOID.
WE HAVE LAWS IN PLACE THAT STATE THAT AUTHORITIES CAN
INVESTIGATE SITUATIONS WHEN THERE IS PROBABLE CAUSE.
IF THERE IS NO PROBABLE CAUSE, WHY WOULD AUTHORITIES JUST
GO TO A MUSLIM NEIGHBORHOOD AND START MONITORING THEM.
IF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT A PLACE THAT HAS HIGH CRIME,
LIKE HIS ANALOGY OF GANGS, YOU CAN GO TO A PLACE THAT HAS
A HIGH INCIDENCE OF MASS SHOOTINGS.
THERE IS MORE MASS SHOOTINGS THAT ALLOW LOOSER GUN LAWS.
SHOULD WE START PATROLLING THE SOUTH, TEXAS?
THAT IS WHERE MASS SHOOTERS COME FROM, TED.
WE HAVE A LOT MORE MASS SHOOTERS THEN WE HAVE TERRORIST ACTIVITY.
WOULDN'T YOU THINK THAT IS A BIGGER PROBLEM? YOU KNOW IT IS.
LET'S GO STALK YOUR ***. OH, YOU JUST WANT TO SCAPEGOAT SOMEONE.
THE WHOLE COUNTRY WAS BUILT TO BE SECULAR, WHERE YOU HAVE
FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND YOU DON'T DISCRIMINATE AGAINST
ANY RELIGION.
HE DOESN'T LIKE THAT, HE WANTS A BUREAUCRACY LIKE SAUDI
ARABIA, LIKE IRAN, LIKE THE VATICAN.
OBAMA DID RESPOND. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE VIDEO.
ONE OF THE GREAT STRENGTHS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND PART
OF THE REASON WHY WE HAVE NOT SEEN MORE ATTACKS HERE AS
WE HAVE AN EXTRAORDINARILY SUCCESSFUL, PATRIOTIC,
INTEGRATED, MUSLIM AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
THEY DO NOT FEEL GHETTOIZED, OR ISOLATED.
THEIR CHILDREN ARE OUR CHILDREN'S FRIENDS, GOING
TO THE SAME SCHOOLS.
THEY ARE COLLEAGUES IN OUR WORKPLACES.
THEY ARE MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM.
THEY ARE FIGHTING FOR OUR FREEDOM.
SO, ANY APPROACH THAT WOULD SINGLE THEM OUT OR TARGET
THEM FOR DISCRIMINATION IS NOT ONLY WRONG AND UN-AMERICAN,
BUT ALSO COUNTERPRODUCTIVE.
IT WOULD REDUCE THE STRENGTH, THE ANTIBODIES THAT WE HAVE
TO RESIST.
HE'S RIGHT ABOUT THAT.
WHEN I THOUGHT ABOUT IT IT'S NOT THAT RANDOM.
YOU KNOW WHAT IS A COMMON THEME FOR ALL THE MUSLIM
RADICALS THAT HAVE DONE BOMBINGS?
THEY DON'T HAVE KIDS.
WHEN YOUR KIDS GO TO SCHOOL WITH SOMEBODY ELSE'S KIDS, YOU
DON'T WANT TO BLOW UP THAT SCHOOL.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME TERRORISTS OBVIOUSLY WHO DID HAD KIDS.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE MASS SHOOTERS, ALMOST NONE OF
THEM HAVE KIDS.
MAYBE THE ANSWER IS SEX. THE ANSWER IS ALWAYS SEX.
SERIOUSLY.
IF YOU WANT TO TARGET ANYONE, APPARENTLY WHETHER IT'S
TERRORISTS OR MASS SHOOTERS, THE TARGET IS YOUNG MALES.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS TO PEOPLE FOR SOME REASON
IS THEY HAVE THIS KNEE-JERK REACTION AS IF IT'S NONSENSE.
THEY WANT TO BE ACCEPTED, EVERYONE WANTS TO BE ACCEPTED.
WHEN YOU DO ISIS'S BIDDING, WITH YOU ANTAGONIZE MODERATE
MUSLIMS, THEN YOU ARE DOING ISIS'S BIDDING.
YOU ARE ALLOWING THEM TO RECRUIT THESE PEOPLE.
THERE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF
PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE MANIACS.
LET'S NOT GIVE THEM ANY MORE REASONS TO DO THAT.
YES, I BLAME THEM FOR DOING IT.
THAT IS WHY WE TRY TO BRING THEM TO JUSTICE.
NOBODY IS SAYING WE SHOULD DO THAT.
OF COURSE WE SHOULD DO THAT.
DON'T MAKE THAT PROCESS WORSE BY TAKING THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE
THAT ARE MORE LIKELY TO GO IN THAT DIRECTION AND ADD FUEL
TO THE FIRE WHICH IS WHAT TED CRUZ IS DOING.
DON'T GET ME WRONG, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD GO PROFILE
YOUNG MALES AND PATROL THEM.
HOW ABOUT WE DON'T PROFILE.
I DON'T KNOW WHY WE THINK PROFILING IS A GREAT IDEA.
WE HAVE LAWS, THERE IS PROBABLE CAUSE, IF THERE IS ANY REASON
TO BELIEVE THAT SOMEONE POSES A THREAT, INVESTIGATE THEM.
THERE IS NO QUESTION.
ALL OF THESE RIDICULOUS DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAVE
ABOUT USING THE RIGHT PHRASES.
OKAY, RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORISM, WE ALL HATE IT, IS THAT
HELPING THE SITUATION?
HAS TED CRUZ COME UP WITH A REAL FOREIGN-POLICY IDEA THAT
WOULD SOLVE THIS PROBLEM?
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
WE HAVE THESE RIDICULOUS NONSENSE JUVENILE
CONVERSATIONS EVERY TIME THERE IS A TERRORIST ATTACK.
YOU CAN'T LET YOUR FEAR AND EMOTIONS PLAY A ROLE IN THE
DECISIONS YOU MAKE.
I TOO WAS A YOUNG MALE ONCE.
I DON'T WANT TO PROFILE BECAUSE IT IS IRRATIONAL AND
UN-AMERICAN.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO PROFILE, YES, YOUNG MALES WITH NO
KIDS WOULD BE THE GROUP THAT IS FAR MORE LIKELY TO DO VIOLENCE.
BUT WE SHOULDN'T PROFILE THEM EITHER.
LET'S NOT GIVE IN TO PEOPLE LIKE TED CRUZ AND DONALD TRUMP
WHO WANT TO DIVIDE US.
WE ARE STRONGER WHEN WE OUR UNITED.
THAT HATRED IS WHAT LEADS TO THE VIOLENCE IN THE FIRST PLACE
NO MATTER WHERE IT COMES FROM.