By Betsy Woodruff, The Daily Beast, SouthFloridaReporter.com, Dec. 10, 2015 – A blatantly unconstitutional proposal to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. was a bridge too far for many members of the Tea Party in Congress.
Now, “may” is the operative word, since rumors of Trump’s demise, as you might have noticed, have been a touch overstated. But the Republican presidential frontrunner’s recent call for a moratorium on Muslim immigration has put him at odds with some of the most conservative people on the right—including congressional Tea Party darlings.
Sen. Ben Sasse, a Tea Party favorite who won support from Sarah Palin and Ted Cruz in his Republican primary campaign in Nebraska, took to the Senate floor Tuesday to criticize the mogul.
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