Chaps, Alan Keyes Don't Trust Trump To REALLY Ban Muslims

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by: Colorado Pols

Rep. Gordon Klingenschmitt, Donald Trump.

Here’s a clip from Colorado GOP Rep. Gordon “Dr. Chaps” Klingenschmitt’s most recent Pray in Jesus’ Name “Youtube ministry” broadcast, a fascinating exchange in an interview with conservative firebrand and former U.S. Senate candidate Alan Keyes–on the subject of GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump’s call to halt all immigration of Muslims into the United States:

CHAPS: Donald Trump has been saying, because of the terrorism problem, and we saw the recent shooting in San Bernardino, that Muslims should be excluded from immigrating or from even being given refugee status to America, until Congress can figure out what’s going on, if I’m paraphrasing him correctly. What does he mean by that or what do you think?

KEYES: I think that what he means by that is because you have in the Middle East a hotbed of terrorism, countries that are basically the centers and [unintelligible] for the development of people who carry out terrorism, that therefore we shouldn’t be importing the problem into the United States. And as a general formulation I agree with that. We shouldn’t be importing the people into the United States who are coming to this country to kill us and we never should have imported them.

But the problem, and if you have half an hour to spare you can watch the entire bug-eyed spectacle, is that Donald Trump won’t really ban those Muslims like he says! Keyes is definitely not a Trump fan, but it’s not because Trump says he wants to ban Muslims. As anyone who’s attended the Western Conservative Summit can tell you, lots of conservatives want to do that.

The takeaway: Trump is just telling you he wants to ban Muslims to earn your vote, America! Well not your vote, exactly, but the votes of the not-insubstantial number of Americans who want to ban Muslims, a segment which crosses over heavily with Republican primary voters. In the GOP presidential race today, the magic formula appears to be appealing to the same lowest-common-denominator interests Trump motivates while still having a way to morally differentiate one’s self from Trump.

Really, folks, who better on this Earth to sort it out for us than Rep. Gordon “Dr. Chaps” Klingenschmitt?

8 thoughts on “Chaps, Alan Keyes Don’t Trust Trump To REALLY Ban Muslims”

Moderatus says:

January 25, 2016 at 1:21 pm

Banning immigrants solely on the basis of religion would be unconstitutional. What we could do is allow factors like religion to be part of a profile to screen potential threats like the Israelis do. Our political correctness forces grannies to be strip searched when we could use common sense.

We do know that radical Islam is a violent ideology and it is not compatible with American values. We should not bar people on religion alone, but we should not be blind to the threats certain extremist religions may pose to safety.

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1. bullshit! says:
  
  January 25, 2016 at 2:22 pm
  
  So ban Muslims, but don't SAY you're banning Muslims.
  
  But really, it's okay to ban Muslims.
  
  Thanks Moddy.
  
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2. Diogenesdemar says:
  
  January 25, 2016 at 4:56 pm
  
  You pathetic lying sack of dung …
  
  … we all know that if grannies were actually ever being strip searched, you'd be first in line for season tickets and a reserved front row seating at DIA! …
  
  … I'm now completely convinced that it's not possible to be a moron of your magnitude naturally — you must have to work real hard to be so damn stupid; that, or take imbecile-enhancement steroids, or something?
  
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  1. Conserv. Head Banger says:
    
    January 26, 2016 at 8:09 am
    
    D.G.D.: sounds like you're off your meds again. Chill out, mon. 😉
    
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3. Duke Cox says:
  
  January 25, 2016 at 5:05 pm
  
  but we should not be blind to the threats certain extremist religions may pose to safety.
  
  Well, we agree on that at least, Some of those fundamentalist, gun nut, Christian extremists are dangerous bastards and should be locked up……..
  
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  1. BlueCat says:
    
    January 25, 2016 at 6:54 pm
    
    The ones at the federal bird sanctuary would never have made it to lock up if they'd been wearing turbans or had dark colored skin. They'd have been dead weeks ago.
    
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    1. Conserv. Head Banger says:
      
      January 26, 2016 at 7:22 am
      
      Trump and Cruz have talked about admitting only Christian refugees from the Middle East. I'll submit that even Christians should be carefully screened. Saddam's long time vice president in Iraq was a Christian. Most Christians in Syria have supported the regime of "butcher" Assad. Maronite Christians in Lebanon have as much blood on their hands as do the Muslim factions in that country.
      
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  2. notaskinnycook says:
    
    January 26, 2016 at 8:34 am
    
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