On Thursday, Trump sought to deflect attention from the U-turn over his visit, with barbed remarks about the USA president’s relations with Israel.
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– A December CNN/ORC poll put Trump support at 33 percent support among likely GOP Iowa caucusgoers, Cruz at 20 percent, Ben Carson at 16 percent, Marco Rubio at 11 percent and Jeb Bush at 4 percent.
The previous top spot was held by a petition earlier this year calling for the United Kingdom to accept more asylum seekers and increase refugee support, which was signed 446,924 times.
“There’s clearly a large segment of the Republican electoral base that responds very positively to the things Trump has been saying”, Abramowitz said.
“After the Paris attacks and hate this week, I can only imagine the fear Muslims feel that they will be persecuted for the actions of others”, he wrote.
The billionaire hotel magnate, who now leads Republican polls by double-digit margins over his nearest rivals, has warned he may launch a third party campaign if uneasy conservatives move against him.
She said that her husband Bill – a former president who would become the first male presidential spouse – would be a great adviser on how to deal with “difficult people” like Russian President Vladimir Putin, but would not be good at “picking out flower arrangements”.
Benjamin Netanyahu joined a long list of global leaders to reject Donald Trump’s comments about Muslims, while championing Israel’s “respect” for all religions and citizens’ rights.
“The Establishment’s only hope: Trump & me in a cage match”, he said in a message on Twitter.
Trump also took a veiled shot at Cruz’s family background.
But now that the Texas Republican’s comments at a private fundraiser have leaked, Trump is signaling he’s ready to throw down. He called for the ban after last week’s mass shooting in California by a Muslim couple said to have been radicalised.
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“The Establishment’s only hope: Trump & me in a cage match”, Cruz tweeted. Forty-one percent said they feel Trump’s rhetoric is “frequently insulting” and “the wrong approach”, while on the opposite end of the spectrum 22 percent said they approve of his approach.
