Probably about 35 percent of Donald Trump`s supporters do not believe that President [Barack] Obama is Muslim or that he was not born in the United States.Those Trump supporters are not white supremacists. But if Trump did not have the support of Obama haters who believe that the President is a Muslim, who believe that he was not born in the United States, Donald Trump would lose two-thirds of his support.
Lawrence O'DonnellI agree that we have to have the toughest screening and vetting that we can have, but I don`t think a halt is necessary. What we have to do is put all of our resources through the Department of Homeland Security, through the State Department, through our intelligence agencies, and we have to have an increased vetting and screening .
Lawrence O'DonnellHe sits beside the ranking Democrat Patrick Leahy who voted against Jeff Session`s nomination in that committee in 1986.
Lawrence O'DonnellOn Twitter, Donald Trump has called me a "poor journalist, stupid, a very dumb guy, the dumbest political commentator on television, and the dumbest man on TV."
Lawrence O'DonnellDonald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.
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