Trump the bigot "... defended the idea that some Muslims were a serious problem." Please, people, don't elect Trump!!

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COMMENTS:  People in this country have a lot of other things on their minds today. This is a big story because the media wants it to be a big story. No one cares about Obama's religion. I want to know where these candidates stand on the real issues that effect the American people everyday. CNN debate looked like a bunch of school kids. Johnny said this about you what do you want to say to Johnny. It was a joke. Lets get down to what really matters & stop all this stupid garbage.
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CNN's Jake Tapper confronts Donald Trump: 'Do you not have a responsibility to call out this hatred?'
By Colin Campbell, September 21, 2015

CNN anchor Jake Tapper confronted Donald Trump on Sunday for placating a supporter who spouted anti-Muslim conspiracy theories.

At a Thursday town-hall event, a man presented multiple inflammatory claims to Trump, including the widely debunked allegation that President Barack Obama is a Muslim.

But Tapper bluntly pressed Trump on the man's broader declaration that Muslims were a "problem."

"You're not responsible for what he says, but this is raw, unvarnished, ignorant bigotry," Tapper said. "You are a leader. You are the front-runner in the Republican race. Do you not have a responsibility to call out this hatred?"

Trump suggested that the CNN "State of the Union" host was simply trying to be "politically correct" and defended the idea that some Muslims were a serious problem.

"I have friends that are Muslims," the real-estate mogul said. "They're great people, amazing people. And most Muslims — like most everything — I mean, these are fabulous people. But we certainly do have a problem."

"What's the problem?" Tapper asked.

"Well, you have radicals that are doing things," Trump said. "I mean, it wasn't people from Sweden that blew up the World Trade Center, Jake."

Tapper tried one more time, noting that the Trump supporter had directly told the candidate: "We have a problem in this country. It's called Muslims." There wasn't any reference to extremism, Tapper said.

"What if he had said, 'We have a problem in this world — it's called blacks?'" he asked Trump. "Would you have said something then?"

Trump insisted that he never acknowledged his supporter's allegations about Muslims and that it wasn't a big deal at the event.

"I actually didn't respond," he said. "It was a question that was asked in front of a totally packed house. Nobody thought much of it until the following couple of hours, when it came became a pretty big subject. But, no, we do have a problem with radical Muslims."

The discussion then moved onto other subjects.

Watch below:

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