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Muslims throw Trumps' answer back in his face in the most clever way

There's a lot to report

Jason Abbruzzese

on October 10, 2016

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When Donald Trump was asked during Sunday night's town hall debate by a Muslim about rising islamophobia, his answer pointed back at the Islamic community in the U.S.

"One thing we have to do is we have to make sure that because there is a problem, whether we like it or not — and we could be very politically correct, but whether we like it or not, there is a problem and we have to be sure that Muslims come in and report when they see something going on," Trump said. "When they see hatred going on, they have to report it."

Trump doubled down on the sentiment that Muslims needed to report on terrorist elements, including pushing a debunked notion about the attackers in San Bernardino, Calif.

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In San Bernardino, many people saw the bombs all over the apartment of the two people that killed 14 and wounded many, many people. Horribly wounded. Never be the same. Muslims have to report the problems when they see them. And you know, there's always a reason for everything. If they don't do that, it's a very difficult situation for our country because you look at Orlando. And you look at San Bernardino and the World Trade Center. Look at Paris. The horrible, these are radical islamic terrorists. And she won't even mention the word and nor will President Obama.

Trump's response gave rise to a hashtag -- #MuslimsReportStuff -- in which Muslims jokingly pushed back against Trump's response.

Some centered on the debate.

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Others were just...well, funny.

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Jason Abbruzzese

Jason Abbruzzese is a Business Reporter at Mashable. He covers the media and telecom industries with a particular focus on how the Internet is changing these markets and impacting consumers. Prior to working at Mashable, Jason served as Markets Reporter and Web Producer at the Financial Times. Jason holds a B.S. in Journalism from Boston University and an M.A. in International Affairs from Australian National University.