WASHINGTON
US presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump’s campaign is indicating a change of his proposal to ban Muslims from the U.S. as he trails Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in recent polls in the presidential race.
A spokeswoman for the presumptive Republican presidential nominee told CNN that the candidate’s proposal in December never included all Muslims but was rather intended for those coming from countries where there is the problem of terrorism.
“There’s been no change. Mr. Trump still wants to stop individuals from coming into this country who cannot be vetted,” Katrina Pierson said Monday. “It doesn’t matter where you’re coming from, except for fact that the terrorist nations, which is something he is adding to this policy to make it more clear, that if you are coming from a hostile nation and you cannot be vetted, absolutely you should not come into this country.”
Pierson’s comments followed Trump’s remarks in Scotland this past weekend when he said he would not be concerned by Scottish Muslims going to the U.S.
In the wake of mass shootings in Paris and San Bernardino, California, late last year, Trump called for “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on.”