‘Trump’s Going To Do To Muslims What Hitler Did To The Jews,’ Letter Sent To Mosque Promises
By Jacob Geers
In the 2016 United States Presidential election, Donald Trump and Mike Pence demonized many different groups of Americans. From Hispanics, to African Americans, to LGBTQ+ Americans, Muslims, and many many more, Donald Trump and his surrogates used hateful rhetoric to turn people’s anger and rage toward these “other” Americans.
And now the result of that rhetoric is clear.
There has been a surge in hate crimes against these groups since Donald Trump was declared the President-elect. Most recently, however, has been the discovery of this horrifying letter than was sent to a Muslim mosque in San Jose.
Addressed to the “Children of Satan”, the letter promises that President Trump “will do to Muslims what Hitler did to the Jews”:
The letter was posted to Twitter by Zahra Billoo, who is a community organizer and civil rights lawyer.
"He's going to do to you Muslims what Hitler did to the Jews." – Mailed to a #SanJose mosque. Statement from #CAIR: https://t.co/ASSQFLhLVg pic.twitter.com/ZMwhifn9Yt
— Zahra Billoo (@ZahraBilloo) November 26, 2016
Many on social media have chimed in as the letter spread through Twitter and other mediums.
Praying that person(s) who took time 2 write each letter of each word are identified & then shown kindness/forgiveness despite their illness https://t.co/WkEnfOR3vB
— Altaf Husain (@husainaltaf) November 26, 2016
Sent to the mosque. The San Jose mosque. MY mosque. Where I grew up and prayed my entire life. My very own backyard. https://t.co/surBBlWxcp
— Shafi Cassim (@shafi) November 26, 2016
https://twitter.com/MochaCamille/status/802357567095607296
The vile note references Speaker Paul Ryan “Better Way” title for the Republican’s Congressional agenda. There is no evidence that either Speaker Ryan or Donald Trump are planning an American holocaust against any people, however it is clear that some of their supporters want them to.