FOX News Panelist Calls For Muslim 'Extermination' In Facebook Post: Trump Hired 'Mad Dog' Mattis To Carry It Out

  • by: Alan Duke

Doug Giles, a regular panelist on FOX News, posted a meme on his Facebook page suggesting that Donald Trump chose Gen. James "Mad Dog" Mattis as part of a plan to "exterminate" Muslims.

Mattis is Trump's nominee to be the U.S. defense secretary. He retired from the U.S. Marines in 2013. The Obama administration considered him to eager to go to war with Iran, according to former Obama Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.

Giles' post, which has been widely shared by Trump followers, did not distinguish between law-abiding, patriotic American Muslims and the middle eastern terrorist kind. Under that scenario, Khizr and Ghazala Khan, the Muslim parents whose son was killed in action while serving in the U.S. military, would presumably be rounded up and exterminated.

Giles did not create the meme. It first gained social media traction in December when it was posted by former Florida Republican Congressman Allen West.


  Alan Duke

Editor-in-Chief Alan Duke co-founded Lead Stories after ending a 26-year career with CNN, where he mainly covered entertainment, current affairs and politics. Duke closely covered domestic terrorism cases for CNN, including the Oklahoma City federal building bombing, the UNABOMBER and search for Southeast bomber Eric Robert Rudolph. CNN moved Duke to Los Angeles in 2009 to cover the entertainment beat. Duke also co-hosted a daily podcast with former HLN host Nancy Grace, "Crime Stories with Nancy Grace" and hosted the podcast series "Stan Lee's World: His Real Life Battle with Heroes & Villains." You'll also see Duke in many news documentaries, including on the Reelz channel, CNN and HLN.

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