--- title: Donald Trump's Handling of Muslim Question Slammed by Rivals description: Both Democrats and Republicans have criticized Trump's response canonical: https://time.com/4040435/trump-muslim-question/ author: Victor Luckerson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-18T16:17:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-14T01:53:53.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Slammed By Rivals for Handling of Muslim Question og:description: Both Democrats and Republicans have criticized Trump's response og:url: https://time.com/4040435/trump-muslim-question/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71f48723e3008cc7/69886425e20a875d07a8d4bf/62e42b1949c947f7a4ea108e229b0570-0.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4332 og:image:height: 2437 og:image:alt: Donald Trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Slammed By Rivals for Handling of Muslim Question twitter:description: Both Democrats and Republicans have criticized Trump's response twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71f48723e3008cc7/69886425e20a875d07a8d4bf/62e42b1949c947f7a4ea108e229b0570-0.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Slammed By Rivals for Handling of Muslim Question > Sponsored content. 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Martin O'Malley Comments On Donald Trump's Muslim Controversy_ by [Victor Luckerson](https://time.com/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Updated: Dec 14, 2023 1:53 AM UTCPublished: Sep 18, 2015 4:17 PM UTC Watch Trump Let Obama Slurs Stand by [Victor Luckerson](https://time.com/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Updated: Dec 14, 2023 1:53 AM UTCPublished: Sep 18, 2015 4:17 PM UTC Donald Trump came in for fresh criticism from opponents on both sides of the party aisle Friday, after [failing to correct ](http://time.com/4039658/trump-obama-muslim/)a questioner at a town hall meeting who said President Obama is a Muslim born outside the U.S. Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton blasted her Republican rival in a tweet Thursday night, stating, “Donald Trump not denouncing false statements about POTUS & hateful rhetoric about Muslims is disturbing, & just plain wrong. Cut it out.” > [](https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/644710016633712640) Bernie Sanders, another Democratic candidate, demanded that Trump apologize to the President, while fellow candidate Martin O’Malley also had harsh words for Trump. > [](https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/644865939725504512) > [](https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/644869905834225665) > [](https://twitter.com/MartinOMalley/status/644905360944459776) While many Republican candidates have stayed quiet about Trump’s most recent controversy, Chris Christie weighed in to say he would have handled the situation differently. “I would just tell you that if somebody at one of my town hall meetings said something like that, I would correct them and say, now, the president’s a Christian and he was born in this country,” Christie [said on NBC’s TODAY show](http://www.today.com/news/chris-christie-false-obama-claims-trump-rally-i-wouldnt-have-t44946) Friday. “Those two things are self evident.” The questioner at the town hall meeting, who has not been identified, said, “We have a problem in this country, it’s called Muslims.” He then said Obama was Muslim and asked how Trump intended to “get rid of” Muslims. Trump responded, “We’re going to be looking at a lot of different things.” ## Transcript [00:00] I think any of us who are in the public arena especially for [00:03] the most important office of the presidency of the United [00:06] States, have an obligation to correct errors and [00:10] hateful things when people say them. I mean certainly it [00:13] was a different reaction that Donald Trump gave than [00:16] somebody like John McCain would give when someone [00:19] wrongly maligned People of the Muslim faith or [00:23] tried to mischaracterize the Presidents faith. 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