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| When asked how he would end the war with ISIS, Donald Trump said “I would end ISIS forcefully.” “Scott Pelley: ‘We’re at war with ISIS as we sit here. How do you end it?’ Donald Trump: ‘I would end ISIS forcefully. I think ISIS, what they did, was unbelievable what they did with James Foley and with the cutting off of heads of everybody, I mean these people are totally a disaster. Now, let me just say this, ISIS in Syria, Assad in Syria, Assad and ISIS are mortal enemies. We go in to fight ISIS. Why aren’t we letting ISIS go and fight Assad and then we pick up the remnants? Why are we doing this? We’re fighting ISIS and Assad has to be saying to himself, ‘They have the nicest or dumbest people that I’ve ever imagined.’’” [CBS’ 60 Minutes, 9/27/15] | Paul Ryan imitated Donald Trump at a Racine constituent event. “Q: If you were president right now, how would you handle ISIS? RYAN: I have a plan, it’s terrific, it’s gonna be so good your head will be spinning – but I can’t tell you about it. [LAUGHTER] I’m just joking. I’ll get in trouble for that.” [Ryan constituent event, Racine, WI, 10/5/15] |
| Donald Trump warned of riots at the GOP convention: “I think you’d have riots. I think you’d have riots.” “Donald Trump and Ted Cruz warned fellow Republicans Wednesday of dire consequences if the GOP establishment attempts to have a brokered convention this summer. ‘I think you’d have riots. I think you’d have riots,’ Trump said Wednesday on CNN’s ‘New Day.’ ‘I’m representing a tremendous many, many millions of people.’” [CNN, 3/17/16] | Paul Ryan: Donald Trump’s suggestion that there could be riots at the GOP convention was “unacceptable.” “House Speaker Paul Ryan Thursday sharply condemned Donald Trump’s suggestion that there could be riots at the GOP convention if he’s not the presidential nominee, saying ‘nobody should say such things in my opinion because to even address or hint at violence is unacceptable.’” [CNN, 3/18/16] |
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Donald Trump refused to distance himself from KKK Leader David Duke: “I don’t know anything about David Duke, OK?” “Trump was asked by Tapper whether he would disavow Duke and other white supremacist groups that are supporting his campaign. ‘Just so you understand, I don’t know anything about David Duke, OK?’ Trump said. Trump was pressed three times on whether he’d distance himself from the Ku Klux Klan — but never mentioned the group in his answers. ‘I don’t know anything about what you’re even talking about with white supremacy or white supremacists,’ he said. ‘So I don’t know. I don’t know — did he endorse me, or what’s going on? Because I know nothing about David Duke; I know nothing about white supremacists.’” [CNN, 2/28/16]
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Paul Ryan on Donald Trump’s refusal to distance himself from David Duke: “If a person wants to be the nominee of the Republican Party, there can be no evasion and no games.” “Speaker Paul D. Ryan on Tuesday forcefully denounced Donald J. Trump’s refusal to distance himself from the former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke. But Mr. Ryan did not shift from his position that he would support Mr. Trump if he became the Republican Party’s presidential nominee, a perplexing contradiction that reflects the growing anxiety on Capitol Hill over the billionaire businessman’s ascent. ‘If a person wants to be the nominee of the Republican Party, there can be no evasion and no games,’ Mr. Ryan told reporters in Washington after his weekly meeting with House Republicans. ‘They must reject any group or cause that is built on bigotry. This party does not prey on people’s prejudices. We appeal to their highest ideals. This is the party of Lincoln.’” [New York Times, 3/1/16] |
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Donald Trump called for a “total and complete shutdown” of Muslims entering the United States. “Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump wants to bar all Muslims from entering the United States. In a statement from his campaign, Trump called for a ‘total and complete shutdown’ of Muslims entering the United States until elected leaders can ‘figure out what is going on.’ When asked by The Hill whether that would include Muslim-American citizens currently abroad, Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks replied over email: ‘Mr. Trump says, ‘everyone.’’” [The Hill, 12/7/15]
● Donald Trump’s ban would apply to both potential immigrants and tourists. “Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he is calling for a ‘complete and total shutdown’ on Muslims entering the United States. Trump says in a statement released by his campaign Monday that his proposal comes in response to the level of hatred among ‘large segments of the Muslim population’ toward Americans. Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski says Trump’s proposed ban would apply to ‘everybody,’ including Muslims seeking immigration visas as well as tourists seeking to enter the country.” [Associated Press, 12/7/15]
Donald Trump said he “would certainly implement” a national system to track Muslims in the United States. “Donald Trump ‘would certainly implement’ a database system tracking Muslims in the United States, the Republican front-runner told NBC News on Thursday night. ‘I would certainly implement that. Absolutely,’ Trump said in Newton, Iowa, in between campaign town halls. ‘There should be a lot of systems, beyond databases,’ he added. ‘We should have a lot of systems.’ When asked whether Muslims would be legally obligated to sign into the database, Trump responded, ‘They have to be — they have to be.’” [NBC News, 11/20/15] |
Paul Ryan: Donald Trump’s call to ban all Muslims was “not what this country stands for.” “‘This is not conservatism,’ Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan told reporters after a closed-door GOP caucus meeting. ‘What was proposed yesterday is not what this party stands for, and more importantly it’s not what this country stands for.’” [Memphis Commercial Appeal, 12/8/15]
Paul Ryan “[took] an exception” to his policy of not commenting on the presidential election to criticize Donald Trump’s comments about Muslims. “Freedom of religion is of fundamental constitutional principle. It is a founding principle of this country. Normally, I do not comment on what is going on in the presidential election. I will take an exception today. This is not conservatism. What was proposed yesterday is not what this party stands for and more importantly it is not what this country stands for. Not only are there many Muslims serving in our armed forces dying for this country, there are Muslims serving right here in the house working every day to uphold and defend the constitution. Some of our best and biggest allies in this struggle and fight against radical Islamic terror are Muslims. The vast, vast, vast, vast majority of whom are peaceful, who believe in pluralism, freedom, democracy, individual rights. I told our members to always strive to live up to our highest ideals, to uphold those principles in the constitution on which we swear every two years that we will defend. That is why we are here and we are going to stay here to do the people’s house and do the people’s work.” [Ryan press conference, C-SPAN, 12/8/15]
Paul Ryan on his criticism of Donald Trump: “I’m not concerned about lasting damage to the party.” “Q: You were very forceful, though, right there in those comments. Do you think there could be lasting damage to the party from those types of comments? RYAN: I’m not concerned about lasting damage to the party; I’m concerned about standing up for our country’s principles. These are first principles and our party is dedicated to those first principles. And that’s why I think it’s incumbent on leaders of our party like myself to stand up and defend what conservatism is and what the Republican Party stands for.” [Ryan press conference, C-SPAN, 12/8/15] |
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Donald Trump: “No citizenship.” “TRUMP: Excuse me. We’ve got to find them. Politicians aren’t going to find them, because they have no clue. We will find them the. We will get them out. BASH: When you say, still, get them out, just the process of that. There are a lot of smart people who have been focused on it for a long time, say it’s just not feasible. TRUMP: It’s feasible if you know how to manage. Politicians don’t know how to manage. We have to bring great people into this country, OK? And I want to bring — I love the idea of immigration. But it’s got to be legal immigration. […] BASH: When you say legal, do you mean legal status or can they be eligible for citizenship? TRUMP: Legal status. BASH: No citizenship? TRUMP: No citizenship.” [CNN’s New Day, 7/30/15]
Donald Trump made ending birthright citizenship a pillar of his immigration plan, calling it “the biggest magnet for illegal immigration.” “End birthright citizenship. This remains the biggest magnet for illegal immigration. By a 2:1 margin, voters say it’s the wrong policy, including Harry Reid who said ‘no sane country’ would give automatic citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants.” [“Immigration Reform That Will Make America Great Again,” accessed 8/20/15]
Donald Trump in 2011: “Some four million anchor babies are now officially U.S. citizens. This has to stop.” “Some four million anchor babies are now officially U.S. citizens. This has to stop. The only other major country in the world that issues citizenship based on where one’s mother delivers her child is Canada. The rest of the world bases citizenship on who the kid’s parents are, which is of course the only sane standard.” [Time to Get Tough: Making America #1 Again, pg. 141, 2011]
Donald Trump’s proposal to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants could cost taxpayers upwards of $137 billion. “Trump said that ‘illegal immigration’ cost ‘more than $200 billion a year.’ We couldn’t find any support for that. Actually, it could cost taxpayers $137 billion or more to deport the 11 million immigrants in the country illegally, as Trump proposes.” [USA Today, 9/17/15] |
Paul Ryan said Donald Trump’s immigration comments were “extremely disrespectful” and would not say whether he should be in the Republican debates. “He doesn’t speak for the Republican Party, and I think his comments were extremely disrespectful and I don’t think that’s the way to have an immigration conversation. WHITE: I don’t want to interrupt you on that, but we’re about to run out of time, and I wanted to hit a couple sort of rapid fire things, and the first — and I can’t believe I’m asking you about this but I have to, because Donald Trump is all over the news, and he dominates it all the time. I know — you see on Twitter, asked to get coverage of Donald Trump, here I am asking about Donald Trump. But, question is, is he damaging with his comments on immigration and should he be in the Republican debates? RYAN: He doesn’t speak for the Republican party, and I think his comments were extremely disrespectful and I don’t think that’s the way to have an immigration conversation. WHITE: Should he be in the debates? RYAN: I’ll leave that Ryans (ph) to decide. Ryans (ph) in the party makes that decision.” [Politico Playbook breakfast, 7/9/15] |
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