Bill Clinton Quotes Quran at Florida Church Event While Campaigning for David Jolly
Photo: Al JazeeraFormer President Bill Clinton, 80, told a crowd at the Koinonia Worship Center in Hollywood, Florida, on Tuesday night that he is tired of people denigrating Muslims for being Muslims, while campaigning for Democratic gubernatorial candidate David Jolly. Clinton cited a Quran passage that he said his daughter Chelsea, who he said read the book at age 15, shared with him: that God put different peoples on earth so they might know and learn from one another. He added that every faith has bad actors. The event was described as interfaith. Clinton also said he was tired of politicians picking fights, praised Jolly, a former Republican, and mentioned Gwen Graham. Jolly is running in the race to succeed outgoing Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, with Republican Rep. Byron Donalds also in the contest.
Left-leaning outlets had not reported this story at the time of writing, while alternative and right-leaning outlets had. Al Jazeera leads with Clinton's condemnation of anti-Muslim rhetoric and the Quran quotation. Breitbart treats it as a campaign stop and highlights his Jolly endorsement and scripture references. The Daily Wire disputes the verse's wording, citing Surah 49:13, and adds terror-attack statistics from a Paris think tank.
How the sides differ Left sources have not covered it; alternative sources stress Clinton's condemnation of anti-Muslim rhetoric, while right sources focus on the campaign setting and dispute his Quran wording.
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Al Jazeera leads with Clinton's speech condemning discrimination against Muslims, featuring his Quran quotation and his account of his daughter Chelsea introducing him to the verse.
Breitbart frames the speech as campaign stumping for Jolly against Donalds, quoting Clinton on scripture and Jolly. The Daily Wire questions the Quran wording and cites terror-attack figures.