Baltimore Mosque

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was critical of President Obama's visit to a Baltimore mosque during a Friday speech here in Florence, South Carolina, saying that the president "goes to a mosque and apologizes" as Americans are targeted by terrorists.

President Barack Obama paid his first visit to a US mosque on Wednesday, appealing for tolerance for America's millions of Muslims and calling to confront the bias and stereotyping that he says is on the rise amid tough talk on terrorism in the presidential campaign.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was critical of President Obama's visit to a Baltimore mosque during a Friday speech here in Florence, South Carolina, saying that the president "goes to a mosque and apologizes" as Americans are targeted by terrorists.

President Barack Obama paid his first visit to a US mosque on Wednesday, appealing for tolerance for America's millions of Muslims and calling to confront the bias and stereotyping that he says is on the rise amid tough talk on terrorism in the presidential campaign.