Donald Trump’s plan to ban muslims from entering the country has crossed a line that most of the Republican establishment won’t. They’re almost universal in criticizing him. Cenk Uygur, host of the The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
“Today, Donald Trump advocated a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.” The proposal has its roots in the radical fringe of anti-Muslim activists in America. Trump’s campaign made clear it would apply to tourists, refugees, asylum seekers, immigrants — and even Muslim-Americans who are currently abroad.
Several of his competitors for the Republican nomination quickly condemned Trump’s proposal. Even Jeb Bush, who advocated a religious test to ban Syrian refugees who are Muslim, blasted the proposal.
But other candidates reactions were much more muted. Rand Paul’s response to Trump’s comments does not condemn Trump’s proposal or even mention it. Instead, he touted his own plan to keep Muslims out of America.”*
Read more here: http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/12/07/3729390/these-gop-candidates-decline-to-condemn-trump-offer-their-own-plans-to-keep-muslims-out-of-america/
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The GOP has been using xenophobia and racism to gain power for decades. Their anti-immigrant rhetoric is just to rile up the masses. They actually vote for every program to import lower wage workers and export jobs to lower wage countries for the profit of their sponsors and to keep domestic wages down. How different is Trump’s ‘xenophobia, “allow no Muslims” from Bush’s “allow only Christians?” Virtually every one of them is opposed to Muslim refugee immigration, even tiny orphan children; but using slightly more polite terms. Trump is merely shouting what they have been whispering and they are upset because he has destroyed their deniability of bigotry.