WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) — Reince Priebus, chief of staff for President-elect Donald Trump, appeared on NBC News’ Meet the Press Sunday and said there are no plans for a “registry based on a religion.”
Asked by moderator Chuck Todd if he can “equivocally rule out a registry for Muslims,” Priebus replied: “Look, I’m not going to rule out anything. But, but I wouldn’t…We’re not going to have a registry based on a religion.
“But what I think we are trying to do is say that there are some people — certainly not all people, Chuck, there are some people — that are radicalized and there are some people that have to be prevented from coming into this country. And Donald Trump’s position, President Trump’s position is consistent with bills in the House and the Senate that say the following: If you want to come from a place or an area around the world that harbors and trains terrorists, we have to temporarily suspend that operation until a better vetting system is put in place. When that happens, when a better vetting system is put in place, then those radical folks, they’ll not be allowed in, but then others will be allowed in, but only until that is done. That’s what [incoming National Security Adviser] Gen. Michael Flynn believes and that’s what President Trump believes.”
