The comments from the Grand Old Party (GOP) candidate have also been widely condemned in the United Kingdom, with prime minister David Cameron calling them “divisive and unhelpful” while Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said his remarks constitute “an attack on democratic values”.
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“Religious freedom has been a very important part of our history”. British author J.K. Rowling wrote on Twitter that Voldemort, the archvillain of her popular Harry Potter series, “was nowhere near as bad” as Trump.
Paul Ryan (R-WI) declared Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump’s calls to ban Muslims from entering the Untied States as “not conservatism”.
“What Donald Trump said yesterday disqualifies him from serving as president”, said White House press secretary Josh Earnest, who also ridiculed Mr. Trump for his “fake hair” and compared him to a “carnival barker”.
Banning Muslims would not only offend everything this country stands for, it would hinder efforts to stop the extremists who are trying to remake the world as it was in the time of the Crusades.
Trump can’t quote a single Bible verse and said he’s never once asked God for forgiveness.
Trump defended his plan to prevent Muslims, including would-be immigrants, students, tourists and other visitors, from entering the country following last week’s California shooting spree by two Muslims who authorities said were radicalized.
However, not specified in his list of exemptions, for example, are Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai and the four civil society groups that led Tunisia’s transition to democracy – all Muslim Nobel Peace Prize winners. “However my mother wants her gun because she is Muslim and is afraid this Clown the Front Runner of the Republican Party, Donald Trump, is stirring up the crazies who might attempt harm at her or someone in our family because of our religion”.
And politicians weren’t the only ones to have something to say about Trump.
Responding to Trump’s statement that he wouldn’t come to London due to the threat of terror, Johnson said that Trump’s ill-informed comments are complete and utter nonsense. So, too, was a new advertising campaign from allies of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush that assailed Trump, Florida Sen.
“Well, we’ll see what happens”, Trump said during an ABC interview.
Most of Mr Trump’s rival Republican candidates were equally forthright.
Trump rejected the criticism and accused his opponents of trying to use the issue to boost their campaigns. During an appearance on Fox News Sunday, Carson said that taking in refugees “from that area of the world, I think, is a huge mistake”. What was proposed [Monday by Trump] is not what this party stands for and more importantly, it is not what this country stands for. “My ancestors got here because they were Puritans”, he said.
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According to the Washington Examiner, Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus told reporters that he did not agree with Trump’s proposal, and said, “We need to aggressively take on radical Islamic terrorism but not at the expense of our American values”.
