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On the eight-year anniversary of Donald Trump calling for an extreme Muslim travel ban, <\/em>DNC National Press Secretary Sarafina Chitika released the following statement: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEight years ago today, Donald Trump called for a Muslim travel ban on the campaign trail \u2013 and at his first opportunity, he made his Islamophobic, unconstitutional, and racist vision a reality. When Trump tells you who he is and what he plans to do if he regains power \u2013 including his aspirations to be a \u2018dictator on day one\u2019 \u2013 we should believe him, because he\u2019s followed through on extreme threats before. Trump has been clear that if he\u2019s elected again, he will enact an even more extreme Muslim ban in a second term. Trump might have been the first of the 2024 candidates to push this radical, anti-American proposal, but other members of the field are falling in line to do the same. The stakes of the upcoming election couldn\u2019t be higher \u2013 voters rejected this hateful, divisive agenda in 2020, and they\u2019ll do it again next November.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eight years ago, Donald Trump first called for a Muslim travel ban \u2014 a cruel policy proposal he saw through when he took power. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News, December 2015<\/a>: \u201cRepublican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump on Monday called for a \u2018total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States,\u2019 the most dramatic response yet to the string of terrorist attacks that have Americans increasingly on edge.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump not only called for but also acted on his extreme Muslim ban as soon as he assumed power \u2013 which caused chaos and confusion across the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NPR<\/a>: \u201cPresident Trump has issued an executive order temporarily banning travel from seven Muslim-majority countries. The move, which has raised a series of legal questions, sparked protests around the country as people who had previously been approved to come to the United States were being detained at airports.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cThe result was widespread confusion across the country on Saturday as airports struggled to adjust to the new directives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2023, Donald Trump has only <\/strong>doubled down <\/em><\/strong>on his hate-filled, extreme MAGA agenda, promising to not only revive but <\/strong>expand <\/em><\/strong>his Muslim travel ban if he retakes power. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Guardian<\/a>: \u201cDoubling down on the hardline immigration policies that have long animated his base, Donald Trump on Monday vowed to bar refugees from Gaza and immediately expand his first-term Muslim travel ban if he wins a second term following the deadly attack on Israel last week.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump has a long history of peddling Islamophobia, from his egregious comments to his inhumane policy proposals. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Independent<\/a>: \u201cDonald Trump tweeted a link to Breitbart, \u200ba far-right website that peddles xenophobia and extremist ideologies, as a terrorist conducted a brutal massacre in New Zealand after releasing a manifesto that celebrated the US president as \u2018a symbol of renewed white identity and common purpose.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe tragedy, in which two mosques were seemingly the target of a terrorist attack spearheaded by an Australian 28-year-old white male, occurred on Friday in Christchurch, New Zealand \u2014 the same day Breitbart featured an interview with Mr Trump on its homepage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201cDonald J. Trump belittled the parents of a slain Muslim soldier who had strongly denounced Mr. Trump during the Democratic National Convention, saying that the soldier\u2019s father had delivered the entire speech because his mother was not \u2018allowed\u2019 to speak.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cTrump\u2019s history of anti-Muslim rhetoric hits dangerous new low\u201d

\u201cOn Wednesday morning, President Donald Trump retweeted a series of anti-Muslim propaganda videos shared online by a high-ranking official in the ultra-nationalist UK political group Britain First.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond Trump, extreme MAGA Republicans running for president have shameful histories of spewing Islamophobia and supporting a Muslim ban. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cPresident Donald Trump\u2019s ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley,<\/strong> defended the administration\u2019s new travel ban in an interview that aired Thursday, asserting that \u2018it\u2019s not a Muslim ban.\u2019\u201d
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NBC News<\/a>: \u201cBefore Trump, a low-profile congressman named Ron DeSantis sought a ‘Muslim travel ban’\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn 2017, President Donald Trump triggered national outrage for implementing a so-called Muslim travel ban, blocking U.S. admissions for travelers from predominantly Muslim countries.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut even before Trump suggested such a ban, a low-profile congressman named Ron DeSantis quietly introduced what amounted to an early version of that travel order.<\/strong> \u2026 which would have blocked entry of refugees from certain countries \u2018if the alien is a national of, has habitually resided in, or is claiming refugee status due to events in any country containing terrorist-controlled territory.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

DeSantis,<\/strong> echoing Trump\u2019s Muslim ban rhetoric<\/a>: \u201cBringing people in, in mass numbers, you’re also bringing in the culture that they’re coming from.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cAnd even though he talked about the scourge of antisemitism throughout the day, Ramaswamy<\/strong> refused to directly answer a question about whether Islamophobia is also a significant problem in the country.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018I don\u2019t want to see anyone face danger for their faith or for their ethnicity,\u2019 he said, before he turned to his message about freedom of speech.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On the eight-year anniversary of Donald Trump calling for an extreme Muslim travel ban, DNC National Press Secretary Sarafina Chitika released the following statement:  \u201cEight years ago today, Donald Trump called for a Muslim travel ban on the campaign trail \u2013 and at his first opportunity, he made his Islamophobic, unconstitutional, and racist vision a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1028491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nEight Years After He Called for a Muslim Ban, Trump and 2024 GOP Continue To Peddle Islamophobia - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/eight-years-after-he-called-for-a-muslim-ban-trump-and-2024-gop-continue-to-peddle-islamophobia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-07T21:54:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-16T18:16:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?w=1024\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/eight-years-after-he-called-for-a-muslim-ban-trump-and-2024-gop-continue-to-peddle-islamophobia\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/eight-years-after-he-called-for-a-muslim-ban-trump-and-2024-gop-continue-to-peddle-islamophobia\/\",\"name\":\"Eight Years After He Called for a Muslim Ban, Trump and 2024 GOP Continue To Peddle Islamophobia - 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