Donald Trump isn't backing down from a recent controversial statement he made about Islam, and said Thursday there is "tremendous hatred" from Muslims directed at the United States.
"You can say what you want and you can be politically correct if you want," he said during the CNN Republican debate Thursday. "I don't want to be so politically correct. I like to solve problems. We have a serious, serious problem of hate." On Wednesday, Trump told Anderson Cooper that "Islam hates us," and after being asked by debate moderator Jake Tapper if he meant "all 1.6 billion Muslims," Trump responded, "I mean a lot of them."
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