"Islamophobia."
Birtherism, too.
Talk about pandering.
At an event in Rochester.
Donald Trump has been criticised for failing to correct a supporter who said US President Barack Obama was a Muslim and "not even an American".
The Republican sought to laugh off the comment, which was preceded by the supporter saying: "We have a problem in this country - it's called Muslims".
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In a statement, Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz said Mr Trump's "racism knows no bounds".
"This is certainly horrendous but unfortunately unsurprising given what we have seen already.
The vile rhetoric coming from the GOP candidates is appalling," she added, calling on his rivals to denounce him.
Mr Trump's campaign manager Corey Lewandowski sought to play down the incident, telling US media that "all he heard was a question about training camps".
"The media wants to make this issue about Obama. The bigger issue is that Obama is waging a war against Christians in this country," Mr Lewandowski told the Washington Post.
The incident evoked a moment during the 2008 campaign when Republican nominee John McCain took the microphone away from a woman who said she did not trust Mr Obama because he was "an Arab".
President Obama, who has spoken openly about his Christian faith, was born to an American mother and Kenyan father in Hawaii.
But Mr Trump has been one of the leading sceptics, challenging Mr Obama in 2011 to produce his birth certificate to disprove rumours that he was born in Kenya, which the president did.
I did not recall that Trump had been such an ass.
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