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Trump Uses London Attack as Excuse to Call for Muslim Travel Ban

HeadlineJun 05, 2017

President Trump also launched a tweet storm this morning and over the weekend calling for the courts to allow him to impose his Muslim travel ban, which would prohibit all refugees and citizens of six majority-Muslim countries from entering the United States. On Saturday, Trump tweeted, “We need to be smart, vigilant and tough. We need the courts to give us back our rights. We need the Travel Ban as an extra level of safety!” This morning Trump tweeted, “People, the lawyers and the courts can call it whatever they want, but I am calling it what we need and what it is, a TRAVEL BAN!” The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to allow the ban to be in effect until a full Supreme Court ruling. We’ll have more on the London attack, the upcoming British elections and Trump’s proposed Muslim travel ban, after headlines.

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