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Old 11-16-2020, 03:07 PM   #3783
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Originally Posted by Bouncing Bettys View Post
If Trump's "Muslim" ban was really about keeping Muslims out, why were Muslims, from countries not included in the ban, seemingly allowed entry?
Because people's passports don't have "Muslim" stamped across them. So he went for low hanging fruit first and banned a swath of destitute Muslims from entering the country: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. So maybe not a "Muslim" ban per se, but a "poor Muslim ban" at least for a start.
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