News that a statement proposing a total ban on the immigration of Muslims had disappeared from Donald Trump’s website did give us a glimmer that Trump would readjust some of his views after the election to reflect the whole country.
It turns out it was only taken down temporarily. It was restored on Thursday.
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“The website was temporarily redirecting all specific press release pages to the homepage,” the campaign said to The Washington Post in a statement. “It is currently being addressed and will be fixed shortly.”
“Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on,” Trump said on his website on Dec. 7, 2015.
The page, which now redirects users to the campaign homepage, appeared until a few days before Election Day.
Why was it taken down?
“The website was temporarily redirecting all specific press release pages to the homepage,” the campaign said to The Washington Post in a statement. “It is currently being addressed and will be fixed shortly.”
Looks like back to your regularly scheduled xenophobia and racism.
