House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Jason Chaffetz also disagreed with Trump’s proposal (“outright wrong” and “ridiculous” and “he should know better”). Chaffetz noted that he intends to support the ultimate GOP nominee, but said that willingness has its limits.
“I suppose there are things that people could do that would get me to that point,” Chaffetz said. “There is certain egregious behavior that really goes over the line.” Asked what going over the line would look like, Chaffetz declined to go into “hypotheticals.”
GOP Rep. John Duncan of Tennessee said that “I am going to support whoever is the GOP nominee.” But he didn’t endorse Trump’s call for a sweeping ban.
Asked if there’s anything Trump could say that would cause him to reconsider a willingness to back Trump should he win the nod, Duncan replied: “I am sure there is maybe something. But so far he is very popular in my district. In fact he came to Knoxville two or three weeks ago and drew one of the biggest crowds that I have ever seen.”
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