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White House wants Trump disqualified over Muslim comment
Republican candidate Donald Trump has continued to receive knocks over his recent controversial statement.
His latest knock is coming from a White House spokesperson who said on Tuesday that Trump’s statement that Muslims should be banned from entering the United States “disqualifies” him from being president.
“The fact is what Donald Trump said yesterday disqualifies him from serving as president,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest said in Tuesday’s press briefing. For a White House administration to so heavily weigh in on an opposing party’s
nominating contest is a highly unusual step.
Read also: Trump wants Muslims travelling to U.S. banned!
Earnest noted first that every president must take an oath to “preserve, protect and defend” the U.S. Constitution, and thus, he said, Trump would not qualify.
Trump on Monday released a statement calling for the U.S. to refuse entry of foreign Muslims. His proposal was met with widespread criticism, including from several candidates in his own party.
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Oise Oikelomen
December 9, 2015 at 8:51 am
Since this US electioneering started Trump has consistently portrayed himself as a desperate attention seeker, an arrogant (but successful) fool, and a blind and incurable bigot. I wonder why it is so hard for his supporters to see all this.