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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, left, shouts to Secret Service agents that supporter Diana Brest, right, had been waiting in line since 2 a.m. to see
the candidate speak at a rally Saturday, June 18, 2016, in Phoenix.

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GOP’s Trump says U.S. should consider profiling Muslims 

LAURIE KELLMAN                 Nation.” ‘’It’s not the worst  pate in federal task forces.   factors.                         of Union.”
Associated Press               thing to do.”                  Trump’s increasing em-         Law enforcement should           Trump’s statements are
WASHINGTON (AP) — Don-         The presumptive Republi-       brace of policies that could   remain allied with groups        consistent with his other,
ald Trump suggested Sun-       can presidential nominee       isolate Muslims in America     that might have helpful in-      long-expressed views on
day that the United States     added that he “hate(s) the     is extraordinary for a candi-  formation, Attorney Gen-         how to stop terrorism in the
should “seriously” consider    concept of profiling, but      date assured of his party’s    eral Loretta Lynch said in       United States, including a
profiling Muslims inside the   we have to use common          presidential nomination.       an interview that aired Sun-     temporary ban on foreign
country as a terrorism-fight-  sense” over “political cor-    The proposals have been        day. “It is very important for   Muslims from entering the
ing tool, the latest example   rectness.”                     roundly dismissed and criti-   to us maintain our contacts      country until the U.S. can
of the Republican presi-       Trump’s proposal runs coun-    cized by many Republican       within the Muslim commu-         figure out “what is going
dential nominee-in-waiting     ter to Justice Department      leaders, including House       nity, because, often, indi-      on.” But he’s intensified his
increasingly backing posi-     policy, which explicitly pro-  Speaker Paul Ryan. Civil       viduals, if they’re from that    approach since Omar Ma-
tions that could single out    hibits profiling on the basis  libertarians, Muslims and      community and they’re be-        teen carried out the worst
a group based on their re-     of race, religion, ethnicity   others also have strongly      ing radicalized, their friends   mass shooting in modern
ligion.                        and national origin. That      disagreed, arguing that        and family members will          American history on June
“We really have to look at     profiling ban applies not      profiling is unconstitutional  see it first. They will see ac-  12 at a gay club in Orlan-
profiling,” Trump said in an   only to federal agents but     and often constitutes un-      tivity first. And we want that   do, Florida.
interview broadcast Sun-       also to local law enforce-     lawful discrimination based    information to come to us,”
day on CBS’s “Face the         ment officers who partici-     on race, religion and other    Lynch said on CNN’s “State             Continued on Page 3