By David Jackson, USAToday, SouthFloridaReporter.com, Dec. 8, 2015 – Donald Trump continued to call Tuesday for a “shutdown” of Muslims entering the United States, saying the plan has “tremendous support” despite condemnation from Republicans, Democrats and world leaders.
“We have people who want to blow up our buildings, our cities,” Trump said on ABC’s Good Morning America.
Trump said he has received calls of support from people concerned about terrorist attacks ranging from 9/11 to last week’s mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., and “they just want to see something happen.”
The ban on Muslims entering the U.S. would be “a temporary measure,” Trump told ABC, until U.S. officials “can figure out what’s going on.” In various interviews, Trump said he would exempt Muslim world leaders and the Muslim troops in the U.S. armed forces.
Trump’s proposal, made on Monday, came less than a week after the San Bernardino shooting by a Muslim couple who had been radicalized and may have been supporters of the Islamic State.
It also came the same day a new poll showed him falling behind Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in Iowa, which opens the Republican nomination process with caucuses on Feb. 1.
The plan drew strong rebukes from a variety of Republicans ranging from 2016 election rivals to former vice president Dick Cheney.
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