Trump’s campaign manager Paul Manafort was asked to respond to Gingrich’s comments on CNN’s “New Day”, but said he didn’t know what Gingrich’s comments were and what the context was.
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He also called the idea that Islam is a peaceful religion ” baloney“.
The Council on Islamic Relations condemned the attack in France, as well as Gingrich’s suggestion that Muslims in the United States should be tested.
“Sharia is incompatible with Western civilisation”.
Newt Gingrich, the former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and current political consultant, sounded off on Muslims living in America, echoing a very familiar sentiment first presented by the political platform of Donald Trump – namely, to test Muslims, and get them out of America if they have any adherence to Islamic sharia law. “This is about looking at particular characteristics that we have learned painfully, time after time, involve killing people, involve attacks on our civilization”.
“To suggest that Muslims are acceptable as long as they don’t believe in sharia is a little like saying Christians are OK as long as they don’t believe the Gospel”, David A. Graham at the Atlantic writes.
“We are praying for the people of Nice, the victims of another outrageous attack on humanity”, he said about the massacre, for which no group has claimed responsibility. Where do you think the primary course of indoctrination is? These courts have been in operation since Israel’s founding, and yet the country does not seem to have been fatally undermined by their existence. Any Muslim non-citizen who supports terrorist organizations or subscribes to jihadist Web sites doesn’t deserve to live in a democracy.
Gingrich-who not incidentally was holding out hope that Trump would call a last-second audible and select him as his running mate-took to Twitter on Friday morning to complain that critics of his proposal were being too quick to judge it before hearing the details, which he promises are forthcoming. Maybe the delay in the VP announcement means Mike Pence may not be the running mate after all.
Gingrich, one of the finalists for the vice presidential spot, said he was “very comfortable” with Trump’s decision and praised Pence as someone who could help unite the party. The former House speaker acknowledged it appeared the IN governor was the choice, but said, “I’ve not been officially told”.
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Donald Trump, the Republican candidate for the November 8 presidential election, has called for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the country.
