Clinton now the only Dem candidate not to visit a mosque
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Sen. Bernie Sanders' Wednesday visit to a mosque in Washington, D.C., left Hillary Clinton the only democratic primary candidate not to have attended a mosque since Donald Trump proposed a policy banning any Muslims from entering the United States.
While Sanders is not the first Democratic candidate to visit a mosque, he is the highest profile Democrat in the race to do so. Low polling candidate Martin O'Malley visited a mosque in Northern Virginia last week, but didn't get much attention for it. While Hillary Clinton has often spoke out against anti-Muslim rhetoric from the GOP, she has focused most her efforts on proposing foreign policy measures.
At the Masjid mosque in downtown Washington, Sanders met for a roundtable discussion with Muslim-American Rep. Keith Ellison and Imam Talib Shareef, along with other faith leaders. About twenty Muslims from the community attended, but besides that the event was mainly populated by reporters.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"The Muslim American community is very diverse and they are going to vote based on the policies that are important to them, but I can't say that one candidate speaks for all Muslim Americans," Director of research at the institute of social policy, Dalia Mogahed, said at the event. He said Sanders is acting as a leader, and as a Jewish American who understands "the dangers of American bigotry."