Top Trump aide says that when it comes to Hispanics it’s only those who “aren’t even here legally” who don’t like Donald Trump. So not a problem.
Photos showing Citadel military academy students wearing white hoods surface online.
These are still allegations from unnamed law enforcement officials. So keep that in mind. But several major news organizations this morning are reporting that the man who bought the two assault weapons for Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik, a friend and relative by marriage named Enrique Marquez, says that he and Farook had planned but eventually called off another attack in 2012. That sounds like a pretty big deal to me – in terms of how far back Farouk’s radicalization went and that he had at least one other person in his circle with whom he felt comfortable discussing and plotting a terror attack.
Rep. Steve King (R) went on MSNBC last night to explain why he thinks Reps. Ellison (D) and Carson (D) need to renounce Sharia Law.
Re-upping this post from this morning. People are comparing Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler. But let’s give Benito Mussolini his due as the true proto-Trump.
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When asked by TPM this afternoon whether he supported Donald Trump’s ban on Muslim immigrants, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) says he believes Muslim immigrants should have to renounce Sharia law. But he has little hope that they will, since even the two current Muslim members of Congress won’t renounce Sharia Law.
Then as our reporter was interviewing King, Keith Ellison walked by.
Open carry activists to stage mock mass shooting to protest denial of gun rights.
Here’s why there’s really no way the GOP ‘establishment’ can stop Donald Trump.
And why won’t any of the presidential candidates who are at all competitive really distance themselves from Trump? Because two-thirds of likely Republican primary voters agree with Trump’s Muslim ban proposal.
I just saw this chyron and thought, “Good lord, Trump is REALLY dragging these guys to the right!”