The post added, ‘Donald Trump think twice before you speak anything. Following up on his remarks, Trump said parts of London and Paris were “so radicalised” police officers were virtually unable to enter – earning withering denials from the Metropolitan police and British politicians.
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Trump, who is seeking the Republican nomination for the November 2016 presidential election, has been harshly criticized by world leaders and fellow Republicans for saying on Monday that Muslims, including would-be immigrants, students and tourists, should be blocked from entering the country.
Seventy-five percent of Democrats and 55 percent of Independents polled disagreed with Trump’s proposal.
Fresh off a campaign to shutter thousands of Islamic State-affiliated Twitter accounts, Anonymous, the loosely affiliated group of hacker-activists, has turned its attention to a new target.
Some protesters said Trump’s comments, while more explicit, were not that far removed from statements by other politicians calling for restrictions on Syrian refugees who want to settle in the United States.
Among voters at large, however, Trump is widely unpopular.
The survey performed by NBC and The Wall Street Journal found that 25% of Americans support the proposal and 18% have no opinion or are “not sure” about it. Twenty-two percent said that he was telling it like it was, and had the correct approach.
Mr Edward Rendell, a former governor of Pennsylvania who recently spoke to Mrs Clinton about Mr Trump, said “she’s as amazed as everyone else is” by his staying power.
Trump secured the backing of the union in his latest campaign event in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. When moderators showed the 29 people in the group ads that attacked Trump, their backing for him remained solid. “I really think he needs to learn to use a filter”. Lindsey Graham today said of Trump, “I’d rather lose without him than try to win with him, if he keeps doing what he’s doing”.
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Watch “Face the Nation” Sunday to see more of Frank Luntz’s focus group with Trump supporters.
