People have a right to protest peacefully, but there's absolutely no excuse for anyone to be conducting a campaign of intimidation that may be directed at anyone because of their religion or because of their background.

People have a right to protest peacefully, but there's absolutely no excuse for anyone to be conducting a campaign of intimidation that may be directed at anyone because of their religion or because of their background.

People should not be responding to bigoted ugliness with any ugliness of their own.

You can protest, you can protest peacefully, but keep things civil.

If anyone has engaged unlawful activity, they should be held to account with the full force of the law.

Anti-Muslim protests represent a fringe of our society that's seeking to promote hatred and division.

We have a natural constant craving for leadership. Democracy is always a fragile and imperfect achievement. Yet a distinct feeling of malaise in our political culture lingers. There is something missing from our public debates.