Priebus: Trump not targeting Muslims on immigration

Published July 17, 2016 2:36pm ET



Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus claimed Sunday that Donald Trump’s controversial ban on some immigrants would not include a religious test, despite Trump’s previous calls for a “total and complete ban” on foreign-born Muslims seeking to enter the U.S.

“His position is a temporary ban on immigration from certain countries,” Priebus told CNN’s Jake Tapper. “There’s no religious test on the table.”

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