"Obama said the U.S. needs "to reject any politics that targets people because of race or religion," not as "a matter of political correctness," but to maintain the country's values.
"It’s a matter of understanding what makes us strong," he said. "The world respects us not just for our arsenal; it respects us for our diversity and our openness and the way we respect every faith."
"When politicians insult Muslims, when a mosque is vandalized, or a kid bullied, that doesn’t make us safer. That’s not telling it like it is," he added. "It’s just wrong. It diminishes us in the eyes of the world. It makes it harder to achieve our goals. And it betrays who we are as a country.""
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