Trump defends Muslim entry ban as “the right thing to do”

While trump was slammed by critics for his proposal to temporarily ban muslims from coming into the United States his supporters have not wavered. “And for Republican candidates for president, to stand by their pledge to support Mr. Trump, that in and of itself is disqualifying”.

Trump’s statements on Muslim travel have not significantly changed public opinions towards him. Clinton doesn’t mince words, and says right off the bat: “You know, I have to say, Seth”.

Although 58 percent of Republican registered voters rated him favorably, the 38 percent who gave him an unfavorable rating was among the highest in the GOP field. The comments have earned negative responses even from other Republicans and some media outlets have shifted how they cover Trump.

He made his proposal after the San Bernardino, California, massacre that killed at least 14 people and injured 21others. Fifty-five percent said “honest” describes him very or somewhat well and 43 percent said it describes him only slightly or not at all well.

Hopkins, who told Fox News Mr Trump had support from a quarter of the population of the United Kingdom, tweeted: “It’s because Trump & I articulate sentiments repressed by the politically correct consensus that we have a voice”. At a town hall here on Wednesday, Clinton delivered her most damning, direct criticism of Trump, saying that he traffics “in prejudice and paranoia”, and that his Muslim proposal was “not only shameful, it’s unsafe”.

The poll also showed that Hillary Clinton, the Democratic Party’s leading candidate, had a 45 percent favorability score, compared to 49 percent unfavorable rating. Bush, Rubio and Cruz don’t do much better. 55% of Americans still have an unfavorable view of Trump while his favorables have dropped somewhat to 34%.

Fresh off a campaign to shutter thousands of Islamic State-affiliated Twitter accounts, Anonymous, the loosely affiliated group of hacker-activists, has turned its attention to a new target.

The AP-GfK Poll of 1,007 adults, including 333 Republican and Republican leaning registered voters, was conducted online December 3-7, using a sample drawn from GfK’s probability-based KnowledgePanel, which is created to be representative of the US population.