On his MSNBC show, Ed Schultz claims that conservatives are trying to convince Americans that Muslims in the US are "plants," e.g, secret agents.
On The Rachel Maddow Show, Dem Senator Chris Murphy says the Charlie Hebdo terrorists were radicalized not by ISIS but in reaction to the "decade long mistake" of the original Iraq war, thus laying the blame at the feet of President George W. Bush rather than President Obama.
On his MSNBC show, discussing the absence of any top US official from the Paris march, Ronan Farrow says "everyone here that I spoke to personally said they understood the limitations of schedule that led to that."
On Morning Joe, Christopher Dickey of The Daily Beast, asked to comment on the problem of Muslim preachers inciting people to violence, says that problem is exagrerated and that there are also Christian, Jewish and Hindu preachers who incite their congregations.
Joe Scarborough descrbies Dickey's comments as "nonsense" and "political correctness." NBC terrorism expert Michael Sheehan also…
In a speech on terrorism in France, French President Francois Hollande says that the terrorists "have nothing to do with the Muslim religion."
Appearing on Morning Joe, Zbigniew Brzezinski argues in favor of appeasing radical Islam.
On his MSNBC show, Ed Schultz, speaking of the Charlie Hebdo attack, says "when you start talking about the militarization of police you start to view it in a different light."
On Morning Joe, Chris Dickey of the Daily Beast says that only a "minuscule" proportion of Muslims in France support the kind of violence committed at Charlie Hebdo, and expresses concern that the remaining Muslim population will nevertheless suffer a "stain."
On Morning Joe, Howard Dean says he refuses to call the shooters in the Paris rampage and similar incidents "Muslim terrorists." According to Dean, the Koran does not support their actions. He adds that ISIS is a cult but not a Muslim one. Dean also decries the fact that the shooters had Kalashnikovs despite France's "tremendous" gun control laws.
MarkF | December 18, 2014 On Morning Joe, Donny Deutsch asked Republican Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart of Miami "why do you say an inane thing like that?" Deutsch's diss came in the context of an exchange in which Diaz-Balart told him Donny that his notion that the Cuba deal was "liberating" for the Cuban people was "naive."
