In a statement released on Monday, Trump included a recent poll which suggested how a sizable number of Muslims had “great hatred” towards the US.
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Mr Trump’s plan also drew criticism from the heads of the Republican Party in Iowa, New Hampshire and SC, the first three states to vote in next year’s presidential primaries.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has called for a stay in the aftermath of the fatal California shootings entering the USA, to Muslims.
But this proposal may have crossed a line.
The White House sent out its spokesmen on television news to denounce the reality TV star for his latest incendiary comments. “America has gone through that before and is going through this now, which it too shall overcome”.
News Channel 8 Skyped with the Director of the Center for American Islamic Relations of Florida who couldn’t disagree more. “This is outrageous coming from someone who wants to assume the highest office in the land”, said Awad. “And it is un-American”.
Yvette Cooper, Labour’s former shadow home secretary and leadership candidate, condemned Trump’s comment as “ignorant and islamophobic”. “His policy are not serious“.
“Trump’s overreaction is as risky as President Obama’s under-reaction”.
“This is a president who was highly respected by all”, Trump said Tuesday. Ted Cruz, who has always been cautious about upsetting Trump’s supporters, said, “Well, that is not my policy”.
There was previously a large chorus against allowing Syrian refugees entry to the United States with some Republican presidential hopefuls calling for a religious test to prevent Syrian Muslims from entering the country. “I do not and would not advocate being selective on one’s religion”. “It’s a mistaken notion”.
Trump, aided by the media, has doubled down on the cruelty and know-nothingness that defined his campaign’s early days, the ‘can you believe he said that?’ novelty has curdled and congealed into something repellent and threatening – laying bare a disturbing aspect of American politics.
The Islamophobic card is one Trump’s rival have been willing to play. The controversial candidate said the Shariah authorized violence against non-believers.
There are more than 5,800 servicemen and women on active US military duty and in the reserves who self-identify as Muslim and could be assigned to serve overseas.
Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski told CNN on Monday that the ban would apply not just to Muslim foreigners looking to immigrate to the US, but also to Muslims looking to visit the U.S.as tourists. Muslims fleeing war-torn Syria and Iraq should be barred from the country. “It is hugely irresponsible for a prominent figure like Trump to fan the flames of prejudice in this way”, he said in a statement. “You figure it out!”
Bernie Sanders, Vermont senator and Democratic candidate for president.
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It’s up to the American voter and the Republican base to prove we are a nation that values freedom of religion; we must show compassion in the face of bigotry and we must hold candidates accountable for the hate they inflict upon others.
