I saw the Kelly interview. What Higbie said was stupid. He should have known what the MSM would do with it. Unfortunately, conservatives aren’t allowed the time to explain what they are really saying. He should have been more careful with the way he brought it up.
I saw the Kelly interview also and predicted a storm would soon come from what Higbie said. Now it has. It was a totally stupid thing to say, IMHO.
Agree. It was incredibly stupid to say that the Japanese internment was precedent to anything. Japanese internment was a cynical political move by FDR; even J. Edgar Hoover opposed it. Ronald Reagan formally denounced it. The instant Higbie mentioned it as a precedent for a Muslim registry I knew that it would be misconstrued. Conservatives should be able to relate when they consider how well they react to calls for a national gun registry.
Whether Trump’s people like it or not, there are minorities who fear his presidency. His spokespeople should go to great lengths to avoid saying anything that could be construed as confirming their fears.