Before he secured the Republican nomination for president in 2016, Donald Trump announced that he would seek “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.” Reaction, including from human rights organizations and fellow Republicans, was swift, and, for the most part, was characterized by astonishment, outrage and condemnation. Marco Rubio posted online , “I disagree with Donald Trump’s latest proposal. His habit of making offensive and outlandish statements will not bring Americans together.”

At that time, Trump was an unknown entity in politics, and many believed he would never actually seek to implement the outrageous things he said. Unfortunately, one of Trump’s first actions as a newly inaugurated president in January 2017 was to sign an executive order ba

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