Donald Trump declines to correct man who said Barack Obama is a Muslim

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump faces more criticism after he declined to correct a questioner at a town hall event who incorrectly said president Barack Obama is a Muslim&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Trump&comma; who has a history of controversial remarks about immigrants and other groups&comma; was kicking off a town hall event in Rochester&comma; New Hampshire&comma; his first since Wednesday evening’s second Republican primary debate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The first man Mr Trump called on to ask a question said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We have a problem in this country&period; It’s called Muslims&period; We know our current president is one&period; You know he’s not even an American&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Trump&comma; who was a driver of the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;birther” movement that falsely claimed Mr Obama was not born in the US&comma; first responded with feigned exasperation – &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We need the question”&comma; he said&comma; to laughs – but let the man continue&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The questioner continued&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We have training camps growing where they want to kill us&period; That’s my question&period; When can we get rid of it&quest;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Trump did not dispute the man’s assertions and said he had heard others raise the issue&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>https&colon;&sol;&sol;youtu&period;be&sol;4llxscu7GTQ<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He added&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We’re going to be looking at a lot of different things&period; And you know&comma; a lot of people are saying that&comma; and a lot of people are saying that bad things are happening out there&period; We’re going to be looking at that and plenty of other things&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The incident evoked a moment during the 2008 campaign when Republican nominee John McCain took the microphone away from a woman who said she did not trust Mr Obama because he was an &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Arab”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Trump’s questions about the president’s country of birth helped build his stature among some conservative voters and pushed Mr Obama to release a copy of his birth certificate in 2011&period; But the billionaire businessman has distanced himself from the issue during his current run&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Trump’s appearance in a sweaty auditorium was also interrupted several times by a protester whose interruptions were met by hostility from the Trump-friendly crowd&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ec9d47ca264">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ec9d47ca264'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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