The Right's Islamophobia Has Nothing to Do With National Security
Conservatives are finding new justifications for anti-Muslim sentiments—and embedding them more deeply in America’s political terrain.
When asked by reporters on Wednesday about President Trump’s retweets of anti-Muslim videos, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said, “what the President is talking about is the need for national security, the need for military spending.”
Her talking points are out of date. The videos are not about “national security” at all. The supposedly depicts a Muslim migrant beating up a Dutch boy on crutches. (The assailant may have been ). The supposedly shows a Muslim man destroying a statue of the Virgin Mary. It . The apparently shows an “Islamist mob” pushing “a teenage boy off a roof.” It . None involves terrorism against the United States or even Europe. None could have been prevented by more “military spending.”
