A Muslim ban is what Trump campaigned on. A Muslim ban is what Trump asked his team to design [1] according to his own people. And this is as close as Trump can

A Muslim ban is what Trump campaigned on. A Muslim ban is what Trump asked his team to design [1] according to his own people. And this is as close as Trump can get legally to a Muslim ban with an executive order right now. The reflexive attempts to relativize and normalize this immigration ban with the same old worn "oh people are just overreacting because they are not as clever as me/don't really understand what's really going on" reaction deeply troubling. [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/01/29/trump-asked-for-a-muslim-ban-giuliani-says-and-ordered-a-commission-to-do-it-legally/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/01/29/tr...