Republican figures used the incident to push racist and xenophobic ideologies about Muslim people, spreading false information and calling for actions like funding TSA and implementing a Muslim ban.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. South Africa's Zulu king has raised eyebrows by using a highly derogatory term for foreigners and saying they must all leave the country during a much-hyped speech that was supposed to have been aimed at calming anti-migrant feelings in his home province of KwaZulu-Natal.