Hillary Clinton on Donald Trump's ban on Muslims: ‘He's not funny anymore’
At this point in the campaign for the presidency, it's almost not surprising to find Republican candidate Donald Trump proclaiming outlandish and oftentimes harsh statements on current events, specifically, the Paris attacks.
Trump, who plans to "Make America Great Again!", said in a press release on Dec. 7 that he is calling for "a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States".
"Until we are able to determine and understand this problem and the dangerous threat it poses, our country cannot be the victims of horrendous attacks by people that believe only in Jihad, and have no sense of reason or respect for human life," Trump said in the press release. He also said in a recent interview with Barbara Walters that he has no intention on retracting his statements about banning Muslims from entering the U.S., the New York Daily News reports.
Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton recently visited "Late Night with Seth Meyers" to voice her opinions on Trump and his statements. The 68-year-old, who also recently appeared on "Saturday Night Live", told the host, "I have to say, Seth, I no longer think he is funny," referring to Trump.
"I will say I've started feeling that way," Meyers responded, and their exchange was met with applause from the audience.
"I think for weeks you and everybody else were just bringing folks to hysterical laughter, but now he has gone way over the line," Clinton admitted. "What he is saying now is not only shameful and wrong, it's dangerous."
Clinton also called Trump an "equal-opportunity insulter", saying that he's "gone after all kinds of folks". People reports that Clinton's vice chair, Huma Abedin, wrote an email saying that "Trump wants to literally write racism into our law books."
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders shared the same sentiment, voicing out his opinions on "Tonight Show", saying, "That kind of crap is not going to work in the United States of America."
Trump's drastic statements have led to the condemnation of several British leaders, including Prime Minister David Cameron, whose spokesperson said, "The Prime Minister completely disagrees with the comments made by Donald Trump, which are divisive, unhelpful and quite simply wrong."
The Independent reports that Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon echoed the same sentiments, saying, "Donald Trump’s comments are obnoxious and offensive, and have rightly been condemned by people across the political spectrum."
To find out more about Clinton's views on Trump and his radical statements, watch the video below.