Via Billy
After the mass murder committed by Muslims in San Bernardino, which
came on the heels of the mass murder committed by Muslims in Paris,
Donald Trump proposed a moratorium on Muslim immigration.
Explaining the idea on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” he talked about how
Muslim immigration was infecting Europe: “Look at what happened in
Paris, the horrible carnage. … We have places in London and other places
that are so radicalized that the police are afraid for their own lives.
We have to be very smart and very vigilant.”
Trump’s reference to London’s no-go zones was met with a massive
round of sneering, which is what passes for argument in America these
days. Jeb! said Trump was “unhinged,”
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)
called him “foolish,” and former vice president Dick Cheney said
Trump’s remarks went “against everything we stand for and believe in.”
(Based on Trump’s crushing primary victories, Cheney is no longer
qualified to say what “we” believe in.)
To prove Trump wrong, reporters called British authorities and asked them:
Are you doing your jobs? They responded,
Why, yes we are! The
head of London’s police said, “Mr. Trump could not be more wrong,” and
London mayor Boris Johnson called Trump’s comments “utter nonsense.”
Within days, however, scores of rank-and-file London policemen begged
to differ with their spokesmen, leading to the following headlines: