Trump, who on Monday called for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States”, told MSNBC that some parts of London “are so radicalized that the police are afraid for their own lives”.
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It took Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus a bit to come up with a response to Donald Trump’s Constitution-punching notion that we should bar all Muslims from entering America, even American Muslims traveling overseas.
According to Limbaugh, Trump has received more airtime than any other candidate now in the 2016 race for the White House – including the Democratic field, which Limbaugh describes as the “chosen field of the media”.
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin), Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky), 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, the chairs of the New Hampshire and South Carolina Republican parties, a number of GOP operatives, and most of the Republican presidential field have dismissed Trump’s provocative plan. “So I will be totally pledging my allegiance to the Republican Party and for the conservative principles for which it stands”.
Donald Trump is bringing back the “independent” talk.
When Emily VanCamp was asked about his plan, she told “Extra’s” Charissa Thompson, “I think that’s just… that’s ridiculous”.
White House press secretary Josh Earnest answers a question about Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump during the daily press briefing on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015, in Washington.
After saying he didn’t have any updates about the president’s schedule, he pivoted to a dig, comparing the Trump campaign to a “carnival barker”. “It should be disturbing not only to American Muslims, but it should be disturbing to all Americans that the leading Republican presidential candidate would issue essentially a fascist statement like this”. “It’s time for our party to wake up and realize that if we nominate Trump, Hillary Clinton will definitely be the next president”, said Kasich.
The mayor says Trump’s Muslim comments were a unsafe thing for a potential-president to say, so he thought about it and chose to take to Twitter.
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“At the very least, you expect that people running for public office will know enough of historical experience and the suffering of those who are going to fall in the crossfire if this escalation in rhetoric and passion eclipses calm and rational thinking about this”, Zeid said.
“It basically becomes a death sentence for them”, he added.
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The full Cruz interview will air on Wednesday’s Morning Edition.
