Rand Paul calls for travel moratorium on countries that pose terror threat – IOTW Report

Rand Paul calls for travel moratorium on countries that pose terror threat

Wednesday, 9 December 2015, 23:45 MJA Uncategorized 8

WASHINGTON (CNN) – Rand Paul is drawing only a small distinction between Donald Trump’s much-maligned plan to ban Muslim immigrants and his own.

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In an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper on “The Lead” Wednesday, the Kentucky senator — who has often tried to revive his sagging presidential bid by attacking Trump — said he could understand the need for a travel moratorium from countries that pose a security threat, almost all of which are majority-Muslim.

Paul’s plan is to institute a moratorium on entry to the U.S. from 33 countries that pose a terrorism threat. Trump said Monday he would ban all Muslims from coming to the United States given the threat from Islamic terrorism.

“I think all of us, no matter Republican, Democrat, liberal, conservative, I think we all could be for a little more scrutiny on who comes to visit,” said Paul, who has identified with the libertarian movement.  read more

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