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Donald Trump Calls for Increased Surveillance at Mosques

HeadlineJun 16, 2016

Meanwhile, Donald Trump reiterated his call for bans on Muslim immigration and called for increased surveillance of Muslim communities, including at mosques. He spoke at a news conference in Atlanta, Georgia, on Wednesday.

Donald Trump: “We have to stop, on a temporary basis at least, but we have to stop people from pouring into our country. We have to stop it, until we find out what the hell is going on. … And we have to go, and we have to maybe check, respectfully, the mosques, and we have to check other places.”

A new CBS News poll finds the majority of Americans disapprove of Trump’s response to the mass shooting in Orlando. During Trump’s speech in Atlanta, members of the press corps symbolically saved seats for the Washington Post reporters who had been banned by Trump from covering his events. Trump has also banned BuzzFeed, The Huffington Post, The Daily Beast, The Des Moines Register, the Union Leader, Univision and Fusion.

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