Daily Beast’s Ali Blames Trump for Increase in Muslim Hate Crimes in the West

EXCERPT:

ALI: "You had President Trump who said that we, Muslims, were a problem in need of a solution. And the solution they came up with is the Muslim ban, until he could figure out what the hell is going on, right? He said, 'I think Islam hates us.' Right? We see literally Ilhan Omar being the boogieman, the trifecta, a black woman who wears a hijab, who's a Muslim and who's a refugee, being seen as a boogieman. And based on her religion and the fact that she wears a hijab, she is constantly vilified and attacked. So if you’re a Muslim and you're watching this, you say, 'Wow, there is an entire right-wing movement and a party that sees me as a problem in need of a solution.' What is that solution? Oh, anti-Shariah bills. Oh, a Muslim ban. Oh, look, some talking points that influence violent extremists who decide to drive into an innocent family in Canada to kill them, because by seeing them and seeing a woman in a hijab, they see them as a threat. So it terrifies us. And why would it not? If this was happening in your community, would you not be afraid?"