Posted on June 14, 2016 by creeping
Paul Ryan, like many others including Donald Trump continue to
think they can separate Islam and Muslims from so-called “radical Islam”. To
Trump’s credit, he wants to “suspend
immigration from areas of the world where there’s a proven history of terrorism
to the United States, Europe, or our allies.”
After presumptive
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump reasserted his call for a
temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States, House Speaker Paul Ryan
signaled his dissent.
“I do not think a
Muslim ban is in our country’s interests,” Ryan said during his press
conference this morning. “I do not think it’s reflective of our principles.”
Ryan said he stood
by his comments against Trump’s proposed ban in December 2015 after the attacks
in Paris in which he described it as “not conservatism” and “not what this
party stands for.”
Ryan urged
Americans to remember that the fight was against radical Islamic terrorism, and
that the majority of Muslims were peaceful and important allies in the fight
against terrorism.
“This is a war with
radical Islam, it’s not a war with Islam,” he said. “Muslims are our partners.
The vast, vast majority of Muslims in this country and around the world are
moderate, they’re peaceful, they’re tolerant.”
Ryan chided
President Barack Obama for failing to describe the threat as a “war against
radical Islam.”
“We don’t think
that the administration has done a good enough job confronting this threat,”
Ryan said, reminding reporters of his 67 point plan to improve national
security.
