“It’s a cocktail of racism and a violation of civil rights,” said McMullin, a former CIA officer from Utah running on a platform of stopping Trump. “He’s communicating to people that their civil liberties do not apply in certain situations in which they have not even done anything to raise any credible suspicion of law enforcement. Your race should not be a factor for deciding whether you should be suspected of a crime. Period.”…

He also called out the Republican Party for not being more critical of Trump in light of the tone of his campaign.

“The Republican Party fancies itself [as the party of Lincoln], but where is the party of Lincoln today? I don’t see it.”