Paul Krugman ripped after claiming no ‘mass outbreak of anti-Muslim sentiment’ after 9/11: ‘My mosque burned down’

New York Times columnist Paul Krugman was ripped on social media Friday after he wrote that “there wasn’t a mass outbreak of anti-Muslim sentiment and violence” following the 9/11 attacks in 2001.

“Overall, Americans took 9/11 pretty calmly,” Krugman wrote in a series of tweets to his more than 4.6 million followers. “Notably, there wasn’t a mass outbreak of anti-Muslim sentiment and violence, which could all too easily have happened. And while GW Bush was a terrible president, to his credit he tried to calm prejudice, not feed it.”

Overall, Americans took 9/11 pretty calmly. Notably, there wasn’t a mass outbreak of anti-Muslim sentiment and violence, which could all too easily have happened. And while GW Bush was a terrible president, to his credit he tried to calm prejudice, not feed it 2/

— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) September 11, 2020

The tweet generated more than 25,000 mostly negative responses as of Friday afternoon.

My mosque burned down https://t.co/uUiWEWta2X

— Zara Rahim (@ZaraRahim) September 11, 2020

Every Arab-American kid I knew growing up, including me, remembers being called a terrorist at school, even jokingly, and being ashamed of our language/culture. My brother has been called one in public by adults when he was a child. Christian, Muslim, didn’t matter. https://t.co/9gSVIlyAXr

— Marlo Safi (@marlo_safi) September 11, 2020

Hate crimes against American Muslims surged after the 9/11 attacks, which were carried out by al Qaeda terrorists led by Osama bin Laden.

Krugman won a Nobel Prize for economics in 2008.