Trump Takes Credit For Anticipating Terror Attack, Renews Call For Muslim Ban

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Times Union Center on Monday, April 11, 2016, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
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Presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump renewed his call to ban Muslim immigrants from the United States on Sunday after a deadly terror attack by a US citizen left 53 people dead.

New York-born Omar Mateen was identified as the man who went on a late-night shooting spree at Orlando, Florida gay club Pulse.

Despite his citizenship status, Trump took the opportunity to mention that he “called” that adherents of Islam would commit other terrorist attacks in the U.S. and “asked for the ban.” The real estate mogul first suggested a ban on Muslim immigration “until we find out what’s going on” after the December mass shooting in San Bernardino, California.

Syed Farook, a US citizen, and his wife Tashfeen Malik, a lawful permanent US resident, killed 14 and wounded 22 in the attack at a holiday party.

Trump’s proposal has been widely criticized by both Democrats and Republicans, including House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), for singling out people of a specific faith.

In a series of tweets on Sunday, the presumptive GOP nominee took credit “for being right on radical Islamic terrorism” and said the US “must be tough.”

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  1. So Trump would have kicked out Muhammad Ali from the USA?

  2. Omar Mateen was born in New York. Not sure the ban would have done anything in this case.

  3. Despite his citizenship status, Trump took the opportunity to mention that he “called” that adherents of Islam would commit other terrorist attacks in the U.S. and “asked for the ban.”

    Well, I tell you right now, this very minute, this very day, I do, that a fanatic Christian Dominionist will commit an act of domestic terror here in the United States sometime soon. So, when it does happen–and it surely will like many acts before–can I brag that I “called” it? Something that is so easily “called” isn’t that damned difficult to do, Trump. I also predict you will lose the general election by between five and ten percentage points, perhaps higher – and that you’ll soon be reduced to just being a mere “millionaire” of the less than $10M ilk … how vulgar!

    All of that aside, your damned ban would not have prevented this latest tragedy. GD, man, you are epically stupid. So are your supporters.

  4. is Donnie Dipshit taking credit for the idiot that was arrested in Los Angeles too? or does he not count because he didn’t kill anyone and he doesn’t appear to be muslim?

  5. All of our “muslim terror” was perpetrated by American Citizens.

    Now what, dickface?

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