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Trump Says He Would ‘Strongly Consider’ Shutting Down Mosques In The U.S.

‘You’re going to have to watch and study the mosques because a lot of talk is going on at the mosques.’

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)

Calling in to MSNBC’s Morning Joe on Monday, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he would “strongly consider” shutting down mosques with suspected terrorist ties and slammed New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio for discontinuing surveillance of them. When asked if there was something Trump would do “here in the homeland” to protect

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Molly White Sort Of Sorry For Asking Texas Muslims To Pledge Allegiance To U.S.

The Texas representative doesn’t seem to have changed her views on Islam, but regrets that her Facebook post went viral.

Texas state Rep. Molly White (R) apologized after asking Muslims in the state to “renounce Islamic terrorist groups and publicly announce allegiance to America and our laws” last month. “Hindsight’s 20-20,” she told the Texas Tribune in a story published Monday. “I never thought it was going to go viral. And I thought it was just to folks that

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