“Republicans on Sunday showed signs of growing restiveness over President Trump’s refugee policy, in its substance and the confusion over the way it was carried out, including one prominent senator who said it served as propaganda for the Islamic State,” the New York Times reports.
Said Sen. John McCain (R-AZ): “I think the effect in some areas will give ISIS some more propaganda.”
However, Vox notes the vast majority of Republican lawmakers have stayed silent.
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
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