“We have no choice but to do this”, he said. I know right now that many Americans feel unsafe and unsure.
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As for his Republican critics, Trump said, “They’re running against me”.
“He is saying it is a temporary thing and it would be, but something has to be done and I am not saying all the terrorism is a result of Muslims, but obviously we have to do something”, said a Jackson Resident. Trump said on ABC’s “World News Tonight” the ban would be “short term”.
Still, Trump insists that’s not the case.
American Shi’ite Muslims march to the White House to protest against the Islamic State group, in Washington, D.C., December 6, 2015.
Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton said the billionaire’s comments aided terrorists.
Other Republicans “should say right now that they would not support Donald Trump for president”, Earnest said. Carson avoided such condemnations, and told Tapper that if Trump wins the GOP nomination, Republican leaders would “have an obligation to respect the will of the people”.
On Tuesday morning news shows in the USA, the flamboyant Trump continued to defend the proposal and condemned President Barack Obama’s efforts in leading the fight against Islamic State militants in the Middle East.
Asked if he’d back Trump if he was nominated by the party in 2016, Ryan responded, ”I’m going to back whoever the Republican nominee is”. Among Republicans, about three-quarters of respondents held that view, compared with about half of independents and more than a third of Democrats.
“Normally, I do not comment on what’s going on in the presidential election”.
Trump is appealing to prejudice and fears, drawing support from “some people who are really frightened and scared”, Biden said. He says his audience is conservative, but not pro Trump. Trump calls the ban temporary.
“Our source of comfort is that we recognize that people of faith have always been persecuted throughout history”. Global outrage The reaction from overseas was largely one of outrage.
Mr Trump’s headline-grabbing stance on Muslims came as Ted Cruz topped him in a key Iowa poll and as the first attack ads from rival Jeb Bush’s team hit the airwaves.
A spokeswoman for Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday said Cameron thought Trump’s comments were “divisive, unhelpful and quite simply wrong”. A group started a petition to revoke Trump’s honorary degree from Robert Gordon University in Scotland.
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“Unfortunately many are playing a political game for their own gain, which undermines the fundamental values of what the Unites States of America is all about”, Nutter said, referencing Trump’s remarks.
