In an interview with CNN’s “State of the Union With Jake Tapper” on Sunday, GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump said he has “many friends that are Muslims” who are happy that he is addressing the problem of radicalism.
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She knows some people think it’s xenophobic.
Dan Edwards, a 53-year-old retired banker from Van Meter, Iowa, who brought his family to Trump’s town hall in Des Moines on Friday, said his words were taken out of context. You know, when it comes over the news, you just get bites. “They’re phenomenal people. They are so happy at what I’m doing”.
“I think he’s thrown us under the bus with the Iran deal, it’s risky for us and our allies overseas, like Israel”, he said.
Boxing champion Muhammad Ali, one of America’s most recognizable Muslims, also delivered a broadside against Trump, without mentioning the billionaire by name. What are you going to do about it? U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas followed with 22 percent and Marco Rubio was in third place with 15 percent.
“Unfortunately for Muslims, if we look at indicators of how much the American public likes them and believes they should benefit from civil rights, all those indicators are going in the wrong direction for them”. Trump says he is calling for a “complete and total shutdown” on Muslims entering the United States. We have people coming into the country, getting into airplanes, and flying them into the World Trade Center.
A recent poll from NBC and the Wall Street Journal shows Trump leading in the race for the Republican presidential nomination with 27 percent of the vote.
While Trump has brushed back criticism, including from some Republicans, that his idea smacks of bigotry, some of his backers take that charge personally.
“Being compared to Hitler is how you know you’ve reached the apex”, said Gary Hopper, 58, of Bedford, New Hampshire.
Among some Trump supporters, even those who agree with his proposal, there are some concerns – usually about how the bombastic former reality TV star is selling his ideas.
Here they’ve got a guy running for president who is waging war against Islam, ‘ Kerry said. “But there’s certainly a better way to say it”.
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Republicans on Capitol Hill – led by House Speaker Paul Ryan (Wis.) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) – denounced the proposal, which, Ryan said, “is not what this party stands for”.
