"It's clear what Donald Trump is doing; he's trying to exploit people's fears for his own political purpose. I think it's important to look at where are these fears coming from, these unfunded generalised fears of all Muslims," Congresswoman Gabbard told the CNN in an interview.
A democratic lawmaker from Hawaii, Gabbard was responding to questions on the call given by Trump to temporarily prevent all Muslims from entering the United States.
"This ideology that is really a totalitarian political ideology that says some form of Islam should be the governing doctrine over society or government. So, that's why this distinction is so important," Gabbard said.
A vocal critic of the policies of US President Barack Obama, Gabbard alleged that it is the failure of recognizing and identifying who enemy is and the ideology that's driving it that brings to this point where these attacks continue.