“I think we all agree that the comments Donald Trump made in relation to Muslims were divisive, unhelpful and wrong”, she told the Commons home affairs select committee. “I know it was a blow to a lot of people in this room and across our country when that 2013 bill failed”, said Clinton. And that every other Republican running for president has, in some way or another, rejected the idea the plan is even worth talking about.
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The letter from Trump’s physician, released Monday by Trump’s campaign, says the real estate mogul has had no significant medical problems and that a recent medical exam showed only positive results. He characterized one of the hardest working populations as lazy, unmotivated, taking individuals who didn’t deserve a place in the country.
Though Trump’s poll numbers have repeatedly appeared immune to controversy throughout his campaign, criticism of his plan to bar Muslim entry into the USA was widespread and bipartisan.
“They support a ban on Muslims entering the U.S.?” the anchorman asked.
The question we should be discussing is whether current levels of immigration – both Muslim and non-Muslim immigration – are compatible with genuine cultural assimilation, broad-based economic prosperity, and USA national-security interests.
He should have said – like Jimmy Carter did in 1980 with Iran – that we need to stop immigration from specific countries known to be sympathetic to radical Islamists until we get the vetting process cleaned up.
“I’d like to go back (to) when I was younger in the ’50s and ’60s, when the country was a little better, Witmer said”.
“I mean, why would they support the ban?”
Trump, the GOP presidential front-runner, sparked controversy after calling for a ban on Muslims after the terror attack in San Bernardino, Calif., earlier this month.
He also said Trump was manipulating media coverage by making bombastic remarks.
“We are concerned about the feeling in the larger community about Muslims”, he said. “I’m just thinking of it now for the first time”.
Hough often serves as spokesperson for the Islamic Center of Charlotte, but he says he went to Aiken on his own. “Do you agree with him?”
‘It is right that we exclude people that are going to radicalise or encourage extremism’.
“The people who say this will be easily upheld are missing the reality of the current court’s views on religion”, he said.
“Donald Trump’s reached a point where he really thinks he can win”, the former “CBS Evening News” anchor said.
Billy Montplaisir, a 27-year-old maintenance worker who lives in Weare, New Hampshire, said he likes “everything about” Trump – but nonetheless felt uncomfortable with the proposal. “He kind of went a little overboard there”.
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“I like how he’s just up front”, he said, “and doesn’t care what people think”.
