Donald Trump came under fire Thursday night for his handling of a question at a town hall about when the U.S. can "get rid" of Muslims, declining to take issue with that premise and an assertion that President Barack Obama is Muslim.
"We have a problem in this country.
It's called Muslims," an unidentified man who spoke at a question-and-answer town hall event in Rochester, New Hampshire asked the mogul. "
A seemingly bewildered Trump interrupted the man, chuckling, "We need this question.
This is the first question."
The real estate mogul did not correct the questioner about his claims about Obama before moving on to another audience member.
His comments were quickly denounced by Democrats.
Hillary Clinton, the party's front-runner for president, personally tweeted late Thursday that Trump's remarks were "just plain wrong."
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