GOPers React To Donald Trump’s Plan To Ban Muslims From Entering The US

Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump speaks during the CNBC Republican presidential debate at the University of Colorado, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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Several Republican presidential candidates were quick to reject Donald Trump’s proposal to ban all Muslims from entering the United States, but not everyone.

Within an hour of Trump’s statement, Jeb Bush, Carly Fiorina, Lindsey Graham and John Kasich had all publicly disparaged Trump’s position.

According to the Guardian’s Ben Jacobs, a spokesman for Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), claimed Paul was on the cutting edge of security for the U.S. and pointed to legislation Paul dropped in November that would have blocked many immigrants from Middle Eastern countries from coming to the U.S.

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  1. Avatar for sooner sooner says:

    Well Yahhhhhhhh!

    Be mighty careful when firing those high powered weapons while seated inside the clown car, ricochets can be a real bitch!

  2. “Unfortunately I think Donald Trump’s over reaction is as dangerous as Obama’s under reaction,” says Fiorina on Trump’s Muslim statement.

    That debate in eight days should be rather smashing…

  3. Avatar for daveyc daveyc says:

    I fully expect this to increase his standing among the Republican electorate.

  4. Avatar for jinnj jinnj says:

    what is that song I hear? “Springtime for Trump” ?

  5. Will people want to do business with Trump once he returns to the business sector?

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