Trump urges ban on Muslims

The BBC has an article about The Donald:

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has called for a halt to Muslims entering the US in the wake of the deadly shootings in San Bernardino, California. In a campaign statement, he said a "total and complete" shutdown should remain until authorities "can figure out" Muslim attitudes to the US.
At a rally in South Carolina hours later, frontrunner Trump repeated the pledge to loud cheers. Criticism from the White House and other Republicans was swift:
Trump's comments were contrary to US values and its national security interests, a statement from the White House said.
Republican Jeb Bush, also running for president, said the businessman was "unhinged".
Trump's statement was delivered as the US comes to terms with its deadliest terror attack since 9/11. Last week a Muslim couple, believed to have been radicalized, opened fire and killed fourteen people at a health center in San Bernardino, California.
On Sunday, President Barack Obama made a rare Oval Office address in response to the attack, and warned against the US falling prey to divisiveness.
Trump's statement to reporters said polling by the Center for Security Policy, a conservative think-tank, indicated that a quarter of Muslims in the US believed violence against America was justified. "Without looking at the various polling data, it is obvious to anybody the hatred is beyond comprehension. Where this hatred comes from and why, we will have to determine. 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." 

Analysis by Anthony Zurcher, BBC News in Washington, DC:

Again and again during his campaign, Donald Trump has grabbed the Republican Party by the neck and dragged it to the anti-immigration, nativist Right.
With his call for a halt to all Muslim entry into the US, reportedly even for simple tourism, he has set down yet another marker that will force his fellow candidates to stand with him or risk his dismissive ire.
Trump was ridiculed when he launched his White House bid by accusing Mexico of sending its "rapists and criminals" into the US, and yet he shot up in the polls. He was denounced after suggesting that some mosques should be closed and Muslims in the US monitored, but he solidified his status as the party's frontrunner. In the end his hardline positions became largely accepted, if not embraced, by his fellow candidates.
Now he is being roundly condemned for his border-closing proposal. Will this finally be a bridge too far? Perhaps. Early reports, however, show his supporters welcoming this latest pronouncement. Such is the state of the 2016 presidential campaign season so far.

When asked by The Hill if that included Muslim Americans who may currently be abroad, his spokeswoman said: "Mr. Trump says everyone."
The director of the Council on American Islamic Relations, Nihad Awad, said Trump sounded like the leader of a lynch mob, rather than a great nation.
Soon after his statement was released, Trump's Republican rival, Ben Carson, called on all visitors to the US to "register and be monitored" during their stay. But his spokesman added: "We do not and would not advocate being selective on one's religion."
Another Republican presidential hopeful, Senator Lindsey Graham, urged all those running to condemn i's remarks, which they did. 

How other 2016 hopefuls reacted:
Republicans:

"ridiculous position" - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie
"dangerous overreaction" - businesswoman Carly Fiorina
"offensive and outlandish" - Florida Senator Marco Rubio
"unhinged" - ex-Florida Governor Jeb Bush
"outrageous divisiveness" - Ohio Governor John Kasich
"downright dangerous" - South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham
"not my policy" - Texas Senator Ted Cruz

Democrats:
"a fascist demagogue" - ex-Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley
"reprehensible, prejudiced, and divisive" - Hillary Clinton
"demagogue" - Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders

Rico says that, to him, it seems quite reasonable...