Sonia Kruger Denies Being Racist For Proposing Ban On Muslim Immigration

Media personality Sonia Kruger certainly caused a stir this morning when, live on the Today Show, she proposed that Muslims be completely banned from migrating to Australia.

Referring to a column in which Andrew Bolt calls for an indiscriminate ban on all Muslims, Kruger said that the right wing media commentator had a point.

“There is a correlation between the people who are Muslim in a country and the number of terrorist attacks,” Kruger said. Personally, I would like to see it (Muslim immigration) stop now for Australia.”

Co-host David Campbell was visibly shocked by Kruger’s words, while Lisa Wilkinson asked Kruger whether she would advocate a Donald Trump-style closed borders approach to which she responded: “Yes I would.”

Now, after hours of getting slammed on Twitter – Kruger has dug an even deeper hole put out a statement on Twitter, essentially clarifying that because she’s a mother her words shouldn’t be labeled as racist.

Unsurprisingly, there’s been a myriad of responses – but largely people calling out Kruger for implying that anyone who isn’t a mother doesn’t care about the loss of children’s lives in terrorist attacks.

Check out some of the responses below.

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