GOP leaders rebuke Trump - The Hill
The top two Republican leaders in Congress on Tuesday denounced Donald Trump’s proposal to ban all Muslims from entering the United States in a remarkable rebuke of the party’s presidential front-runner.
Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) collectively ripped the plan as unconstitutional, putting on stark display the rupture between the Republican establishment and Trump.
The fierce blowback from the GOP leaders was echoed by many rank-and-file Republican lawmakers — and did not go unnoticed.
The pushback from McConnell and Ryan was notable even given the widespread GOP outcry against Trump’s proposal.
Ryan, the new Speaker who was the 2012 GOP vice presidential nominee, hasn’t endorsed a candidate in the 2016 race. He’s typically steered clear of campaign controversies, though he rejected Trump’s plan to round up illegal immigrants and deport them, saying in a “60 Minutes” interview last month that he couldn’t imagine it would be possible.
Ryan’s criticism of Trump’s Muslim plan was met by applause during a closed-door House Republican meeting Tuesday morning.
Moments later, in the lobby the Republican National Committee headquarters, Ryan stepped before a bank of TV cameras to argue that barring Muslims would violate the First Amendment’s guarantee of religious freedom.
“Normally I do not comment about what’s going on in the presidential election. I will take an exception today,” said Ryan, flanked by his leadership team. “This is not conservatism. What was proposed yesterday is not what this party stands for, and more importantly it’s not what this country stands for.” - Read More at thehill
posted by Fakhria @ 12/09/2015
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