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Colorado Democrats rip travel ban while Republicans offer mixed reactions
Colorado’s Democratic members of Congress roundly denounced the travel ban signed by President Donald Trump late Friday while the state’s Republican delegation was split, with responses ranging from a full endorsement to suggestions the Trump administration either fine-tune or substantially overhaul the decree. The executive order imposes a sweeping ban on any refugees entering the…
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Duran: Why we must stand against Trump’s campaign of hate
In less than two months, voters will go to the polls and decide whether the next president of the United States will be Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump. In the time we have left this election cycle, it’s more urgent than ever to show Trump for what he is: a fear-mongering bully whose election to…
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Trump redirecting message on illegal immigration
Donald Trump defeated 16 rivals in the Republican primaries by being the most anti-immigrant of them all, promising to build a giant wall on the border and deport millions. He labeled opponents like Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio as weak and amnesty-loving, and his extreme rhetoric pushed the entire debate over immigration to the right.…
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Clinton sees Trump ties to ‘alt-right’ dystopian ideology
Hillary Clinton is ready to call out Donald Trump and his advisers for embracing a “disturbing alt-right” political philosophy that her campaign says presents “a divisive and dystopian view of America.” She’ll try to make the case in a speech Thursday in Nevada. Trump’s campaign counters that the GOP presidential nominee has never used the term “alt-right” and…
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Racism and talk of religious war: Trump staff’s online posts
Donald Trump’s paid campaign staffers have declared on their personal social media accounts that Muslims are unfit to be U.S. citizens, ridiculed Mexican accents, called for Secretary of State John Kerry to be hanged and stated their readiness for a possible civil war, according to a review by The Associated Press of their postings. The…
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Donald Trump rattles Republican consensus in Utah
When it became apparent that Donald Trump would win the Republican presidential nomination, Andy Rasmussen’s path seemed clear: he resigned his GOP leadership position in northern Utah and left the party to become an unaffiliated voter. Now Rasmussen and thousands of Utah Republicans wary of Trump are left scrambling to settle on a candidate of choice come Election Day.…
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Trump calls for ‘extreme vetting’ of immigration applicants
Donald Trump called Monday for “extreme” ideological vetting of immigrants seeking admission to the United States, vowing to significantly overhaul the country’s screening process and block those who sympathize with extremist groups or don’t embrace American values. “Those who do not believe in our Constitution, or who support bigotry and hatred, will not be admitted…
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Colorado Republicans rip Trump for remarks about Khan family, but Dems say it isn’t enough
Top Colorado Republicans are condemning GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s remarks about a Muslim family whose son was killed in Iraq. But the state’s GOP U.S. Senate candidate, who has already endorsed Trump, says he’s still supporting the nominee, and a congressman in a tight race came under fire for refusing to say whether he…
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Pence defends military mom’s right to criticize Trump
Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence defended a military mom’s right to criticize Donald Trump’s comments about the Muslim parents of a slain U.S. Army veteran during a campaign stop in Nevada, and then lashed out at the media’s coverage of the controversy at the next. Pence quieted a crowd that was booing a woman…
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Gold Star families to Trump: Apologize for comments to Khans
Their sons were killed in Iraq about a week apart. So when Karen Meredith heard the grieving parents of a decorated Muslim Army officer being belittled by Donald Trump, she cried. Meredith said she hadn’t wept over her son’s death for a long time, but the Republican presidential nominee “ripped the wounds right open again.”…