Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump, speaks… “And we don’t want to have another World Trade Center”.
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Trump’s call on Monday for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States” has drawn an unusually forceful level of rebuke from across the nation and overseas.
John Kasich, the OH governor running for president, slammed Trump’s “outrageous divisiveness”, while a more measured Ted Cruz, who has always been cautious about upsetting Trump’s supporters, said, “Well, that is not my policy”.
Ryan, speaking during a news conference Tuesday, said he does not normally comment on what takes place in the presidential race, but felt it was “incumbent upon leaders”, including himself, to “stand up and defend what conservatism is” and what Republican Party principles are writ large.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (CNN) – Hillary Clinton on Tuesday was quick to blast Donald Trump’s call to ban Muslims from entering the United States in New Hampshire, charging the Republican front-runner with “trafficking in prejudice and paranoia”.
Zeid said the United States was founded on the dignity and rights of the individual, and the danger of classifying and categorizing people is that “it dehumanizes – it can lead to victimization of the innocent”.
The most recent Reuters/Ipsos poll found stark differences between Republicans and Democrats in how they view Muslims.
Sen. Lindsey Graham said Trump’s rhetoric risked inflaming tensions in the Middle East, playing into the recruiting strategy of Islamic State militants, who have framed their battle as a war between Islam and the West.
Labov says if that happens and Trump moves to actually enact something like a ban on Muslims, he would run into trouble. Unlike most of Trump’s television interviews, this one was to be conducted in person at Trump’s office building in NY.
In an interview on Fox News, Trump said Muslim members of the USA armed forces would “come home” and that his plan would “not apply to people living in the country”.
A spokeswoman for British Prime Minister David Cameron called Trump’s comments “divisive, unhelpful and quite simply wrong”.
“Most of the evidence of terrorism so far in our country has had something to do with immigration”. Trump remains in first place in the Republican polls.
– Trump’s partner in his Dubai golf venture, Damac Properties, says it will stick with the American – and that their relationship is based on business, not politics.
Earnest also said GOP presidential candidates should be disqualified if they continue to say they would support Trump if he becomes the GOP presidential nominee.
“It’s embarrassing at best”, Barbour said of Trump’s impact on his party.
“The fact is what Donald Trump said yesterday disqualifies him from serving as president”, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said in Tuesday’s press briefing.
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Colvin reported from Newark, New Jersey.
