Handel Throws Support Behind Trump’s Travel Ban In 1st Georgia Runoff Debate

Republican candidate for Georgia's Sixth Congressional seat Karen Handel speaks at an election night watch party in Roswell, Ga., Tuesday, April 18, 2017. Republicans are bidding to prevent a major upset in a conservative Georgia congressional district Tuesday where Democrats stoked by opposition to President Donald Trump have rallied behind a candidate who has raised a shocking amount of money for a special election. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Republican candidate for Georgia's Sixth Congressional seat Karen Handel speaks at an election night watch party in Roswell, Ga., Tuesday, April 18, 2017. Republicans are bidding to prevent a major upset in a conserv... Republican candidate for Georgia's Sixth Congressional seat Karen Handel speaks at an election night watch party in Roswell, Ga., Tuesday, April 18, 2017. Republicans are bidding to prevent a major upset in a conservative Georgia congressional district Tuesday where Democrats stoked by opposition to President Donald Trump have rallied behind a candidate who has raised a shocking amount of money for a special election. (AP Photo/David Goldman) MORE LESS
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Karen Handel, the Republican candidate for an open Congressional seat in Georgia, threw her support behind President Donald Trump’s travel ban during the first debate before the runoff election.

“It is a temporary, limited halt for six countries that are known to harbor terrorists,” Handel said of Trump’s revised travel ban during the Tuesday night debate hosted by Atlanta TV station WSB.

She emphasized that she does not support a “religious litmus test” for people entering the country, but said that the Department of Homeland Security needs time to evaluate the United States’ vetting procedures. Trump’s executive order, which has been tied up in the courts, sought to ban travelers from six predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States.

Handel’s statement of support came in response to a question on national security and Trump’s travel ban.

In response to the same question, Ossoff initially did not address Trump’s executive order. Pressed again, Ossoff said that the travel ban is “not effective” and that the United States needs an intelligence-driven approach to the issue.

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  1. Why don’t we just ban everyone with the surname ‘Khan’ instead?

  2. She emphasized that she does not support a “religious litmus test” for people entering the country, but said that the Department of Homeland Security needs time to evaluate the United States’ vetting procedures.

    So does she understand what a religious litmus test is and does she know what the current vetting procedures are? Does she comprehend that the countries being blocked by this ban are conveniently countries without Trump properties?

    Does she understand that the country from which the 9/11 terrorists came is not on this list? See previous question on Trump properties and ask her if she sees a correlation here?

    If she doesn’t understand any of this or dismisses it as fake news, send her packing, GA.

  3. Avatar for bardi bardi says:

    It would be interesting to, at least, see the correlation.

  4. To be fair, it’s possible that Handel thought the moderator said Planned Parenthood Ban. Or Breast Cancer Exams Ban.

  5. I got a mailer today from Planned Parenthood urging me to vote for Ossoff…I guess what goes around comes around.

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