(Middle East Eye) In 2016, the Democratic Party’s platform sounded an alarm on the harm that a Donald Trump presidency would cause by outlining potential damages to different communities targeted by the then-Republican nominee’s proposals.
“The stakes have been high in previous elections. But in 2016, the stakes can be measured in human lives — in the number of immigrants who would be torn from their homes; in the number of faithful and peaceful Muslims who would be barred from even visiting our shores; in the number of allies alienated and dictators courted; in the number of Americans who would lose access to health care and see their rights ripped away,” it said.
That passage takes a clear stance against Trump’s Muslim ban proposal, but for many activists, the qualifiers of “faithful and peaceful” before “Muslims” were needless and “othered” Muslims.
