Quotes from Trump supporters on his Muslim proposal
Because when he said what he said, some Americans nodded in agreement.
“I introduced legislation in the Senate that I believe is more narrowly focused at the actual threat, which is radical Islamic terrorism”, he said participating in the final Republican debate of 2015 on Tuesday night.
“Trump’s ground game right now is invisible”, said Eric Herzik of the University of Nevada at Reno.
The three-time world heavyweight champion, 73, is a cultural icon and one of the world’s most famous Muslims.
“But I also think it’s a very risky foreign policy because it says to those in Islam who are trying to exploit people and recruit foreign fighters and otherwise, it says look, look at America”, Kerry said on CBS’s “Face the Nation”.
“Somebody needs to just go in there and take control of this”, she said.
“If Donald Trump wins New Hampshire, and has a sizable victory in SC, then I think he’s the nominee of the party”, added Dennehy.
Those panicking over Trump need to get a grip.
REPUBLICANS – Trump’s gain in support this month came among men, up 17 points, leading to the re-emergence of a broad gender gap: He’s backed for the nomination by 47 percent of men vs. 28 percent of women. Asked why, the response was simple: “I don’t want’em here”.
In case you do not know, most of the terrorist attacks that were committed against us were done by Muslims who hate us.
When fear and ignorance infect our politics, it’s time for people of good will to stand up and speak out. Who was excluded? People of Japanese origins or descent.
Trump, speaking to CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday’s “State of the Union”, defended his call for a ban on all Muslim travel to the U.S.
“And if I’m president and if Obama has brought some to this country, they are leaving”.
“I know I’m afraid”, said Wood who was laid off from his construction job in 2011 and has since settled into retirement.
She called this a “blow to a lot of people in this room and across our country when that 2013 bill failed”.
“This is not conservatism”, Ryan said”.
It may not matter, however, how many political leaders stand up to Trump.
Unless you’re a Quran-believing Muslim, liberal or RINO Republican.
Paul Ryan is not running for president. Conservatism, however, isn’t at the heart of his candidacy.
In a statistical analysis testing the strongest independent factors in support for Clinton or Trump in a hypothetical matchup, her single biggest advantage is experience, and his single biggest advantage is being an outsider – factors that, remarkably, are even stronger than partisanship and ideology.
Yet historically, the courts have probably let the Congress and the president usurp too many rights under the immigration statutes, as the ban on Chinese laborers indicated.
Trump made the proposal a week ago, releasing a statement on December 7 that called for “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what the hell is going on”.
Despite Trump’s dominance, there is huge fluidity, uncertainty and concern about who will emerge from a large group of Republican candidates.