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Trump sticks to his guns on barring Muslims

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Washington: Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump stuck to his guns over his controversial proposal to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the US as seven top candidates sparred two weeks before the first nominating contests in Iowa.
The real estate mogul’s proposal in the wake of Paris and St. Bernardino terrorist attacks by a Pakistani origin couple has created a firestorm with more than 10 million people talking about the issue, according to Facebook.Asked in the sixth Republican presidential debate in Charleston, South Carolina Thursday night, if there was anything he had heard that made him want to rethink his position, Trump responded with a flat ‘No”. “We have to stop with political correctness,” he said, insisting he would not change his mind on the issue.Former Florida governor Jeb Bush, son of a former president and brother of another, repeatedly called on Trump to “reconsider,” warning that the idea makes it “impossible” to build a coalition with other Arab countries necessary to defeat ISIS.
“All Muslims? Seriously? What kind of signal does that send to the rest of the world?” said Bush who had earlier suggested that Trump was “unhinged” in making such a proposal.Reminded by a host on the Fox Business Network debate that Trump’s poll numbers had gone up by 11 points since he made that proposal and asked whether he considered Trump’s supporters also “unhinged’, Bush responded with a sheepish ‘no”.Trump was also asked about South Carolina’s Indian-American Governor Nikki Haley acknowledging that she was referring to him when in her response to the State of the Union address she asked Republicans to resist “the siren call of the angriest voices.””Okay. First of all, Nikki this afternoon said I’m a friend of hers,” Trump said. “Actually a close friend. And wherever you are sitting Nikki, I’m a friend. We’re friends. That’s good.”

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