americans should be treated differently. muslim americans are our friends and our neighbors. our co-workers, our sports heroes. you remember that was before mr. trump s statement tonight. the noble sentiment but there really isn t any evidence that muslims are being mistreated in the u.s.a. here are the stats. 2014, 11140 religious hate crimes reported in the u.s.a. all hate crimes. 16% against muslims. 57% against jews. 6% against catholics. 2.5% against protestants. this is religion-based not skin color or anything like that. joining us from washington cia operative and private analysis on terrorism. mr. cats why do you think the president is making such a big deal out of the muslim anti-don t be mean to them when the stats show jews are at far greater risk in the u.s.a. than muslims? absolutely, bill. i think from the beginning of the administration, we have seen the president trying to court almost
betrayal of our values plays into the hands of groups like isil. muslim-americans are our friends and our neighbors. our co-workers, our sports heroes. and yes, they are our men and women in uniform who are willing to die in defense of our country. we have to remember that. president obama speaking in his prime-time address to the nation last night saying it s every american s responsibility to reject discrimination, reject proposals that muslim-americans should be treated differently than anyone else. what the president was saying there is not materially different from what he has said on this subject before. it s not actually materially different from what the previous president, george w. bush said on the subject just days after 9/11 and pretty consistently throughout his presidency. but our current politics being where they are with the republican frontrunner for president today, donald trump, calling for all muslims to be
and our neighbors. our co-workers, our sports heroes. and yes, they are our men and women in uniform who are willing to die in defense of our country. we have to remember that. president obama speaking in his prime-time address to the nation last night saying it s every american s responsibility to reject discrimination, reject proposals that muslim-americans should be treated differently than anyone else. what the president was saying there is not materially different from what he has said on this subject before. it s not actually materially different from what the previous president, george w. bush said on the subject just days after 9/11 and pretty consistently throughout his presidency. but our current politics being where they are that the republican frontrunner for president today, donald trump, calling for all muslims to be band from the united states, president obama s words from the oval office last night landing with a renewed resonance because of the new political climate
ending his 13-minute speech with an appeal to muslims to root out extremist ideology while also calling on americans to reject discrimination. muslim-americans are our friends and our neighbors. our co-workers, our sports heroes. and yes, they are our men and women in uniform who are willing to die in defense of our country. reporter: senator marco rubio pushing back. where is there widespread evidence we have a problem in america with discrimination against muslims? and the refusal to call this for what it is, a war on radical islams. not only did the president not make things better tonight, i fear he may have made things worse tonight. reporter: next week, the international approach to extremist groups will get a second look when the finance ministers of u.n. security council countries get together to find way of streamlining to cut off the cash.
reject proposals that muslim-americans should somehow be treated differently. because when we travel down that road, we lose. that kind of divisiveness, that betrayal of our values plays into the hands of groups like isil. muslim-americans are our friends and our neighbors. our co-workers. our sports heroes. and, yes, they are our men and women in uniform who are willing to die in defense of our country. we have to remember that. my fellow americans, i am confident we will succeed in this mission because we are on the right side of history. we were founded upon a belief in human dignity that no matter who you are or where you come from or what you look like or what religion you practice, you are equal in the eyes of god and equal in the eyes of the law. even in this political season,