In a widely criticized move, Donald Trump called Monday for a "complete shutdown" of Muslims entering the U.S. The Republican presidential hopeful had posted a video of him reading the campaign statement on Facebook.
Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore reported Trump's statement to Facebook as hate speech, and asked others to do the same.
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