from dallas mohamed elibiary is , a homeland security expert who has advised the u.s. government on counter-terrorism and countering violent extremism issues. he also identifies as a "proud texas muslim republican" who has been involved with the gop for over 20 years. and here in new york is linda sarsour, director of the first muslim online organizing platform, mpower change, and co-founder of the muslim democratic club of new york. linda sarsour, why don't you respond to what donald trump said yesterday and repeated the day before as well. commentary hasis been consistent since he started running for president. it is absurd and ridiculous. islam hates us. who is islam and who is the us he is talking about? he disregards us as american muslims. he is talking about a religion that is any geology, not a human being who has feelings. -- ideology, not a human being who has feelings. not a reality television show. these are people who are trying to be the next president of the united dates and we are outraged as a muslim community. juan: mohamed elibiary, your response to

mohamed elibiary, on the same issue of whether the republican party, the head of the republican party should condemn this kind of violence, the fact is he did address the audience last night before the major debate. >> i was a little disappointed that reince did not include at least one sentence about the republican party being a big tent party, which would have been a good signal to put out there that only the candidates, but also the audience. in the debate and those watching on tv. amy, i would like to kind of explain something. i personally the this issue through -- my experience, working counter radicalization issues for the past dozen years or so, is that i see the trump phase as a politically radicalized, not a violently radicalized, but a politically radicalized, which means there toward the extreme on the political spectrum. the more you move toward the edges of the political spectrum, the more you're going to end up finding the people are more emotionally charged and they're not really thinking rationally. they are not civil. they're not looking to compromise. they are extre