The Muslim case against Hillary Clinton

After watching Monday night’s debate, an overwhelming majority of Muslim Americans came away thinking it was absolutely inconceivable that they would vote for Donald Trump.

Between his comments of banning all 1.6 billion Muslims from entering the United States or advocating that Muslim Americans wear special identification cards, Trump has done more than enough to alienate the American Muslim population of about 3.3 million.

Wajahat Ali, a prominent writer and creative director for Affinis Labs, provided some astute analysis about what it’s like being a Muslim and watching the first presidential debate:

“Each time we, or Islam, is mentioned I want to take a shot of mango lassi [a sweet yogurt drink]; I’ll be in a diabetic coma by 11 p.m.,” Ali wrote in the New York Times. “Now we get Hillary Clinton and Mr. Trump trying to prove who is more hawkish on national security. However, only one of these candidates has said he might bar me from entering my own country. Not all attention is good.”

For a majority of Muslim Americans, the presidential race really is a choice between the lesser of two evils. A Pew poll from July found that 70 percent of Muslim Americans lean Democrat, while 11 percent lean Republican.