Trump joins other politicians confronted by touchy questions

ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Political candidates are confronted with all sorts of questions and comments by the public and even supporters while campaigning, including plenty that are inaccurate and some that are sure to offend.

On Thursday, GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump faced such a moment when a supporter at a town hall event complained about Muslims in the U.S. and stated, inaccurately, that President Barack Obama himself is Muslim.

[...] he is Christian.

The billionaire businessman added: Christians need support in our country (and around the world), their religious liberty is at stake!

In 2008, Republican presidential nominee McCain took questions from several angry voters that became a signature moment of the campaign.

First of all, I want to be president of the United States and obviously I do not want Sen. Obama to be.

In 2012 GOP nominee Romney faced criticism for failing to correct inaccurate statements, including those from none other than Donald Trump.

Ahead of one fundraising event in Las Vegas, Trump repeated his suspicions that Obama was born outside the country and therefore was unqualified for the office of the president.

Candidate Clinton had perhaps the best-known reaction to an inflammatory statement — though not one made to him at a campaign event — when he inserted himself into a racial conversation by denouncing a rap star, Sister Souljah, who'd said in a newspaper interview after rioting in Los Angeles that "if black people kill black people every day, why not have a week and kill white people?"