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She said Trump's rhetoric is sending a message to the world "that there is a clash of civilizations."
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton went after Donald Trump during the Democratic presidential debate Saturday night, saying he is hurting the U.S. fight against terrorism with his anti-Muslim rhetoric.
"He is becoming ISIS' best recruiter," she said. "They are going to people, showing videos of Donald Trump insulting Islam and Muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists."
Trump recently called for a "total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States" in the wake of terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, California. While his comments were extreme, some of his GOP presidential rivals have gone nearly as far.
"The first line of defense against radicalization is in the Muslim American community -- people who we should be welcoming and working with," Clinton said.
"I worry greatly that the rhetoric coming from the Republicans, particularly Donald Trump, is sending a message to Muslims here in the United States and literally around the world that there is a clash of civilizations, that there is some kind of Western plot or war against Islam, which then, I believe, fans the flames of radicalization," she added.
Clinton later invoked Trump again in her response on how to take on ISIS.
"If you're going to put together a coalition in the region to take on the threat of ISIS, you don't want to alienate the very countries and people you need to be part of the coalition," she said.
Trump has said his plan to fight ISIS is to essentially bomb the bejesus out of them.
Hillary Clinton: Donald Trump 'Becoming ISIS's Best Recruiter'
I totally agree! Trump is alienating the entire Muslim world - including American citizens.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton went after Donald Trump during the Democratic presidential debate Saturday night, saying he is hurting the U.S. fight against terrorism with his anti-Muslim rhetoric.
"He is becoming ISIS' best recruiter," she said. "They are going to people, showing videos of Donald Trump insulting Islam and Muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists."
Trump recently called for a "total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States" in the wake of terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, California. While his comments were extreme, some of his GOP presidential rivals have gone nearly as far.
"The first line of defense against radicalization is in the Muslim American community -- people who we should be welcoming and working with," Clinton said.
"I worry greatly that the rhetoric coming from the Republicans, particularly Donald Trump, is sending a message to Muslims here in the United States and literally around the world that there is a clash of civilizations, that there is some kind of Western plot or war against Islam, which then, I believe, fans the flames of radicalization," she added.
Clinton later invoked Trump again in her response on how to take on ISIS.
"If you're going to put together a coalition in the region to take on the threat of ISIS, you don't want to alienate the very countries and people you need to be part of the coalition," she said.
Trump has said his plan to fight ISIS is to essentially bomb the bejesus out of them.
Hillary Clinton: Donald Trump 'Becoming ISIS's Best Recruiter'
I totally agree! Trump is alienating the entire Muslim world - including American citizens.