Florida mayor ‘bans’ Donald Trump for suggesting Muslims be banned from entering country
St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman isn’t too thrilled with Donald Trump’s proposal to stop all Muslim immigration until “our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on.”
In response, ABC News said he’s banned The Donald from his city “until we fully understand the dangerous threat posed by all Trumps.”
I am hereby barring Donald Trump from entering St. Petersburg until we fully understand the dangerous threat posed by all Trumps.
— Rick Kriseman (@Kriseman) December 8, 2015
Does he really mean it? No, according to a report at the Tampa Bay Times, something the ABC report left out (wonder why?):
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“You make a ridiculous statement, so you answer with a ridiculous statement,” Kriseman said. “There are some people who thought I was seriously going to ban Donald Trump from St. Petersburg, and that’s obviously not something I would try to do. But his statement was kind of ridiculous, so I thought that it deserved an equal response.”
One person asked:
https://twitter.com/geraldodwyer/status/674045216303751168
And he responded:
@geraldodwyer yeah. answering ridiculousness w/ ridiculousness
— Rick Kriseman (@Kriseman) December 8, 2015
Meanwhile, a number of Twitter users love his idea:
https://twitter.com/VLADDO/status/674029337679671300
https://twitter.com/dissentingj/status/674025831803547648
https://twitter.com/stevegalluccio/status/674030003244376064
Others weren’t so thrilled:
@Kriseman OMG you have over step your title. You are what is wrong with America. If you are doing this what else are u doing #DonaldTrump
— Moxie (@Moxiesmg) December 8, 2015
@Kriseman @torreyb Lol. You cant stop him form coming in. Its still (relatively) free country for the moment.
— Lightlink Lighting (@LightlinkLights) December 8, 2015
https://twitter.com/SNetibutr/status/674050251674685440
The Times added:
Kriseman said he didn’t expect his tweet to take off like it had, but that he welcomed the spotlight on St. Petersburg.
“I very quickly had to take my phone out of my pocket because it wouldn’t stop vibrating,” he said.
It’ll probably be quite busy today as well.
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