--- title: Presidential Debate: Donald Trump Sparks #MuslimsReportStuff description: Twitter users roundly mocked Donald Trump with the hashtag #MuslimsReportStuff during the presidential debate canonical: https://time.com/4524803/presidential-debate-donald-trump-muslims/ author: Tara John article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-10T13:58:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-07T06:50:13.670Z og:title: Muslims Made Fun of Trump's Debate Answer With #MuslimsReportStuff og:description: "I'm a Muslim, and I would like to report a crazy man threatening a woman on a stage" og:url: https://time.com/4524803/presidential-debate-donald-trump-muslims/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2223ad7b7668e442/6988a950428a9e3de8cd4907/donald-trimp-debate-wide.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: TIMEPOL og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Muslims Made Fun of Trump's Debate Answer With #MuslimsReportStuff twitter:description: "I'm a Muslim, and I would like to report a crazy man threatening a woman on a stage" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2223ad7b7668e442/6988a950428a9e3de8cd4907/donald-trimp-debate-wide.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Muslims Made Fun of Donald Trump's Islamophobia Debate Answer With #MuslimsReportStuff > Sponsored content. 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The two candidates face off in the second of three presidential debates._ by [Tara John](https://time.com/author/tara-john/) ## Tara John Oct 10, 2016 1:58 PM UTC The two candidates face off in the second of three presidential debates. by [Tara John](https://time.com/author/tara-john/) ## Tara John Oct 10, 2016 1:58 PM UTC Twitter users roundly mocked Donald Trump with the hashtag #MuslimsReportStuff, after he answered a question at [the presidential debate](http://time.com/4524589/second-presidential-debate-donald-trump-nuclear/) about Islamophobia by [saying Muslims need to report terrorism](http://fortune.com/2016/10/09/presidential-debate-donald-trump-muslims/). Trump was responding to a question from a Muslim audience member about how he would address rising Islamophobia. Trump, who has previously proposed a temporary ban on Muslims entering the U.S., called the rising Islamophobia “a shame” before saying that Muslims had to “come in and report” if “they see hatred going on.” To illustrate it, Trump referred to the [debunked notion](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/06/14/fact-checking-the-clinton-and-trump-speeches-after-orlando/) that “many people saw the bombs all over the apartment” of the couple who fatally shot 14 in San Bernardino, Calif., last year. “Muslims have to report the problems when they see them,” he said. “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.” A Muslim took his suggestion, jokingly reporting “a crazy man threatening a woman on stage” : > [](https://twitter.com/BayoumiMoustafa/status/785293447141924865) The tweet went viral and the hashtag #MuslimsReportStuff took a life of its own: > [](https://twitter.com/shaistaAziz/status/785306000979070976) > [](https://twitter.com/chaudary%5Fzainab/status/785299676228571137) > [](https://twitter.com/HindMakki/status/785302304710914052) > [](https://twitter.com/eshipoli/status/785303567875903488) > [](https://twitter.com/Amelia%5FInc/status/785333881436303360) Zainab Chaudry “reported” a bit-too-sunkissed killer clown: > [](https://twitter.com/zainabnc/status/785305155638026240) And others made reference to Friday night’s bombshell video, of Trump making insulting comments about women: > [](https://twitter.com/DanaAlkharrat/status/785353362946469888) > [](https://twitter.com/gildedspine/status/785313872731332608) While others, like _Zealot_ author Reza Aslan, reported on the hilariously mundane. > [](https://twitter.com/rezaaslan/status/785353083530260480) > [](https://twitter.com/kumailn/status/785348061107146752) > [](https://twitter.com/MrCommonCents/status/785332716501884928) > [](https://twitter.com/Nazlinspired/status/785335509392429056) ## Transcript [00:00] [ APPLAUSE ] [00:03] Hello. [00:06] Hello. [00:09] Certainly, I'm not proud of it. But this is lock- a- room [00:12] talk, you know. When we have a world. Where you have [00:14] Isis chopping off heads, where you have, and frankly [00:18] drowning people in steel cages, where you have wars [00:22] and horrible, horrible sights all over. I think it's clear to [00:25] anyone who heard it that it represents exactly who he [00:29] is, because we've seen this throughout the campaign. [00:33] We have seen him insult women. We've seen [00:37] him rate women on their appearance, ranking [00:42] them from one to ten. We've seen him embarrass [00:46] women on TV and on Twitter. It's just words folks. [00:50] It's just words. If I win, I am going to instruct [00:54] my Attorney General. To get a special prosecutor [00:59] to look into your situation. Our intelligence community [01:02] just came out and said in the last few days that the [01:07] Kremlin, meaning Putin and the Russian government, [01:10] are directing the attacks, the hacking, [01:15] on American accounts to influence our election. And [01:20] believe me, they're not doing it to get me elected. To [01:23] solve a problem, you have to be able to state what the [01:26] problem is, or at least say the name. She won't say the [01:30] name and President Obama won't say the name. But [01:33] the name is there. It's radical Islamic terror. It's [01:37] also very shortsighted and even dangerous. To be [01:41] engaging in the kind of demagogic rhetoric that Donald [01:44] has about Muslims. It is sort of amusing to hear [01:47] somebody who hasn't paid federal income taxes in [01:50] maybe 20 years talking about what he's going to do, [01:52] but I'll tell you what he's going to do. His plan will give [01:56] the wealthy and corporations The biggest tax cuts [02:00] they've ever had. Did you use that $ 960 million loss to [02:04] avoid paying personal federal income taxes for- Of [02:06] course I do! Of course I do! And so do all of her [02:09] donors, or most of her donors. I know many of her [02:11] donors, her donors took massive tax write- offs. [02:15] [ CROSSTALK ] Personal federal income tax- A lot of [02:17] my write- off was depreciation and other things that [02:19] Hillary, as a senator, allowed. Russia hasn't paid any [02:23] attention to ISIS. They're interested in keeping Assad in [02:26] power. You're two minutes is up. I don't like Assad at [02:29] all, but Assad is killing ISIS. Russia is [02:33] killing ISIS. And Iran is killing ISIS. And those [02:37] three have now lined up Because of our weak foreign [02:40] policy. Would either of you name one [02:44] positive thing that you respect in one another. [02:48] [ LAUGH ] [02:52] [ APPLAUSE ] Look, I respect his children. His children [02:57] are incredibly able And devoted, [03:01] and I think that says a lot about Donald. I will say this [03:05] about Hillary, she doesn't quit, she doesn't give up. I [03:09] respect that. [ APPLAUSE ] And that's it, the 90 minute [03:12] debate is now over. History has been made. 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