CNN Commentator: Saying Trump Incites Terrorists Is Like Saying Martin Luther King Encouraged Segregationists

CNN's Jeffrey Lord Defends Trump's Proposal To Ban Muslims Coming To US

From the December 7 edition of CNN's Anderson Cooper 360:

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ANDERSON COOPER (HOST): To say that no Muslims can come into this country. I mean you're painting it with a very broad brush, aren't you?

JEFFREY LORD (CNN POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT): Until we understand how this works, we have dead people in America, dead on the streets of Boston, dead in a conference room. I mean we are in a war here. All we're saying --

VAN JONES (CNN POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT): Let me tell you where you're right and wrong. You're right that we're in a war, but there's a smart way and a dumb way to prosecute in a war. If what you do while you try to prosecute a war actually recruits thousands and tens and hundreds of thousands of people to be against you, that is a dumb way to fight a war.

LORD: They're going to be recruited anyway Van.

JONES: That's not true. Right now, you have a microscopic minority of Muslims that joined a death cult. You have about a billion and a half Muslims who are not that way. But you, you are now supporting and I can't believe you're doing this, but you are supporting the worst possible strategy to actually increase our enemies.

COOPER: Let's take a pause on this conversation.

Previously:

On Fox, Donald Trump Claims He Will Shut Down All Muslim Immigration To US For “The Safety Of Our Country”

Islamophobic Organization's Misleading Poll Used To Justify Donald Trump's Call To Ban Muslims From America

Former Trump Adviser Roger Stone: Trump's Proposal Of Blocking All Muslims From Entering The US “Appeals To Average People”