Leading the charge was Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president who wasted no time in launching into his usual fear-mongering.
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The commander-in-chief had some disparaging remarks Tuesday concerning Trump’s renewed call for a ban on Muslims entering the USA following Sunday morning’s deadly shooting rampage in a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida.
First, a look at what Trump said, then the response from the troops. “Cash! How stupid are we?”, Trump said.
Trump also said authorities need to “respectfully” surveille mosques.
As the Politico report put it, “Trump has painted himself as a champion of soldiers and veterans, and it is unusual for American politicians on the campaign trail to call out members of the military, one of the country’s most popular institutions, for their transgressions”. “I think it’s the wrong thing to emphasize”, Graham said.
And back in November, Trump actually did use the word surveillance while discussing this proposal.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, who grew tired of being asked whether he would vote for Donald Trump as president, says he doesn’t plan to vote for his party’s presumptive presidential nominee.
Brendan Morrow is a Heavy contributor who focuses on entertainment and politics. Disregarding reality, he claimed that the attack has taken place because the United States has opened its borders to “thousands” of Muslims, including Syrian refugees.
The killing of almost 50 patrons of a club early Sunday morning by an American-born Muslim man has caused ripples in the presidential campaign.
“You’re going to beg me, ‘Mr”. How about bringing baskets of money, millions and millions of dollars and handing it out.
Tuesday’s event comes amid a string of nine Trump stops over a nine-day period that began Friday in Richmond.
Republican Gov. Pat McCrory will join Trump at a fundraiser before the rally but will not attend the rally itself, according to a McCrory spokesman. “Because I think they are living very well right now, whoever they may be”.
– Corbin Reiff (@CorbinReiff) June 15, 2016The job was tough, nearly impossible, but it was the just thing to do and helped build a bridge of trust between us and the citizenry.
Without specifically mentioning Muslims, he also repeated his claim that some people are “not reporting” others who pose a risk. “They don’t want to talk about the problem”, Trump said.
Trump later turned his speech to a country he often focuses on: Mexico. Trump predicted that President Obama would respond to Islamist violence with politically-correct wimpery, and Obama proved him right. “And who’s going to pay for that wall?”
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Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump along with hundreds of his supporters and protestors gathered at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta on June 15 to hear Trump speak about his plans to “make America great again”.
