Shortly after the remarks were made, The White House on Tuesday said Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump’s call for the United States to ban Muslims from entering the country disqualified him from becoming president and called on Republicans to reject him immediately. Then when you add the negative images going on in the world and some of what the extremists are doing. Muslims here in Central New York say his comments are upsetting.
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“Donald Trump is unartful, but it seems to us what he’s really putting his finger on is this broader question of suspending a significant swath of immigration until this country can reassert a better screening process”, Stein said.
“Should he be allowed to enter the United Kingdom, and if he is able to name such areas, we would be happy to organise a multi-faith delegation to accompany Mr Trump and tour these areas and pay for his lunch”. Spokeswoman Katrina Pierson told MSNBC that the US Constitution, which guarantees freedom of religion, does not apply to people outside the United States. “Islam, when it came, did not wipe out Christianity or Judaism”.
Both stressed the U.S.is a country known for accepting everyone, regardless of race and religion, and they hope that, despite Trump’s comments, the country will continue to be. “And for that reason, I have signed the pledge”, Trump had said, holding up the paper.
“He wants to try to get everybody’s attention no matter what your background or culture is”, Mona Fattah, a member of the Islamic Society of Greenville, said. US Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said his comments could undermine US security.
I also spoke to Fred Anton, president of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association and a longtime Republican donor who’s used to attending the annual fundraiser. “We’re going to have more World Trade Centers”, he said, referring to the deadly attacks on Sept 11, 2001.
Muslim leaders in the United States also hit out.
Those who came to America to escape religious persecution and discrimination in their home countries call Trump’s comments extremism.
The White House and the State Department preceded Cook in condemning Trump’s proposal as contrary to American principles and unconstitutional.
Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential frontrunner, said Trump was playing “right into the hands of terrorists” and Rick Kriseman, the Democratic mayor of Saint Petersburg, Florida, tweeted: “I am hereby barring Donald Trump from entering St. Petersburg until we fully understand the unsafe threat posed by all Trumps”.
Rod Weader, a 68-year-old real estate agent from North Charleston who attended the rally and said he agreed with Trump’s plan “150 percent”.
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“I don’t think you can not agree with his statements and support him simultaneously”, said Kristy Sabbah, the operations coordinator with the Arizona chapter of the Council on Islamic American Relations, or CAIR.
