Rubio: Donald Trump Is Wrong To Say Islam Hates Us

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TRUMP: “...a serious, serious problem of hate.”
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RUBIO: “See, I’m not interested in being politically correct. I’m not interested in being politically correct. I’m interested in being correct.”
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EARHARDT: “All right. Senator, words, you’re right, do have consequences. And you do have responsibilities to the people you represent when you’re the president. But the voters, what do you say to them who are tired of the PC rhetoric and they like Donald Trump for saying exactly what they’re thinking? What’s your response to that?”
RUBIO: “Well, first of all, I think it’s important to be correct. The bottom line is yes, does Islam have a radicalization problem? It most absolutely does. It’s also correct to say there are Americans who are Muslims who serve this country in uniform and love the United States of America. There are Muslims who have died in service to this country. There are Muslims around this world that have protected our men and women in uniform — interpreters, you know, people on the ground. Look, I gave the story last nigh of a couple who are missionaries in a Muslim country and how they rely on the Muslim families to protect them. And so, look, I think it’s very — when someone who is running for president or is going to be president casts the blanket statements, what you do is you lose the focus on what we should be focused on which is radical Islam. Radicalization of Islam is a serious problem globally. And that needs to be confronted.”
DOOCY: “Sure.”
RUBIO: “But I don’t think it’s correct to say that all Muslims hate America. That’s just not true.”
RUBIO: “But the — you know, people who are watching right now and people who were watching last night, senator, say, well, the thing about what Trump is saying is whatever we’re doing right now, it just isn’t working.”
RUBIO: “Well, what we’re doing right now is not enough. That’s why it’s not working. But saying all Muslims hate America is not doing to make things better and it isn’t accurate. The fact is that if we want to defeat radical Islam, we’re going to have to work with the Muslims to do it.”