TRUMP CLAIMED THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS NOT BORN IN THE UNITED STATES, AND CITED OPINION POLLING AS HIS EVIDENCE 2011: Trump Floated Idea That Obama May Be A Muslim And Mounted Campaign To Release Long-Form Birth Certificate. “Four years ago, Trump mounted a campaign to pressure Obama to release his long-form birth certificate, even saying he would send investigators to Hawaii to find out the truth. The effort helped fuel the so-called "birther" conspiracy theory that held that Obama was born in Kenya -- and Trump also floated the idea that Obama's birth documents may label him a Muslim.” [CNN, 9/18/15] Trump Said The Birther Issue Was “Very Popular.” TRUMP: “Well, I think it's a very popular issue, and I think that nobody has solved anything. A lot of people are calling my office. They just did a poll, 75 percent of the Republicans think there really could be something to it and about 30 percent of the Republicans don't think that Obama was born in this country. He hasn't provided a birth certificate. It's a certificate of live birth, which is totally, totally different. He hasn't -- I mean, there's so many different things that he hasn't done. He's spending a fortune in legal fees to try and get away from the issue.” [On The Record With Greta Van Susteren, Fox News, 4/11/11] Trump Proposed Banning All Muslims… DECEMBER 2015: TRUMP PROPOSED A “TOTAL AND COMPLETE” BAN ON ALL MUSLIMS ENTERING THE U.S. Donald Trump Called For The United States To Bar All Muslims From Entering The U.S. Until The Nation’s Leaders Could “Figure Out What’s Going On.” “A prohibition of Muslims – an unprecedented proposal by a leading American presidential candidate, and an idea more typically associated with hate groups – reflects a progression of mistrust that is rooted in ideology as much as politics. … Saying that ‘hatred’ among many Muslims for Americans is ‘beyond comprehension,’ Mr. Trump said in a statement that the United States needed to confront ‘where this hatred comes from and why.’ ‘Until we are able to determine and understand this problem and the dangerous threat it poses, our country cannot be the victims of horrendous attacks by people that believe only in jihad, and have no sense of reason or respect for human life,’ Mr. Trump said.” [New York Times, 12/7/15] • Trump Called For A “Total And Complete Shutdown Of Muslims Entering The United States,” Citing Polls That Showed “Great Hatred Towards Americans By Large Segments Of The Muslim Populations.” “Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on. According to Pew Research, among others, there is great hatred towards Americans by large segments of the Muslim populations. Most recently, a poll from the Center for Security Policy released data showing ‘25% of those polled agreed that violence against Americans here in the United States is justified as a part of the global jihad’ and 51% of those polled, ‘agreed that Muslims in America should have the choice of being governed according to Shariah.’ Shariah authorizes such atrocities as murder against non-believers who won’t convert beheadings and more unthinkable acts that pose great harm to Americans, especially Confidential Page 18
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