foreign policy is in am salute shambles. that s why people are really worried and anxious about their own security. immigration a big issue in the public right now being debated on the presidential trail but also been a big issue for years on capitol hill. i want to play some sound from the republican front-runner talking about you in an interview not long ago. play that sound. i was disappointed when i heard speaker ryan. he said a little stuff. and, you know, frankly i m disappointed he s weak on immigration, he s weak on the borders and in favor of amnesty. so i have my disappointments with him. i wanted to give you an opportunity to respond, but also the big question of course, would you as speaker be able to work with the president trump on immigration reform when he continually says you re weak on the issue? look, i m not taking the bait. i m not going to get into the commenting about this and that. i would be able to work with whoever our republican nominee is on immig
it pushes away allies that are necessary and essential to destroy isis and to bring about security in the middle east. mr. trump s not a serious person. he s not a serious candidate. he s inflammatory. and he makes the task for the next president a lot harder. trump defended his plan as a security measure that has nothing to do with religion. you look at what went on in paris. we re going to have tremendous problems, it s getting worse and worse. and those problems are coming from a certain sector. now, i did it for a limited period of time, but our country has to get its act together. wouldn t it violate the constitution, you know these are people that aren t in the country. the people that are in the country, they re in the country. we re not talking about them. these are people that are outside of the country so we re really not talking about the constitution. it s not about religion. this is about safety. this has nothing to do with religion. it s about safety. well, gr
here. thank you for giving us access to this new national poll. it s great to be with you, rachel. i have to ask you, i know that the top line here is the republican presidential results. i have to ask you if you were surprised by the birther numbers among the republican electorate, that so few of them believe president obama was born in the u.s. i would be surprised if it hadn t been what we ve been finding in the polling for the last six years, and it s consistent with what we found over time. i think what this poll is really illuminating about is who donald trump supporters are. more than 60% of donald trump supporters believe barack obama is a muslim. more than 60% think he was born in another country. more than 60% of them want to deport children. and i think that these are attitudes that republican voters and the country have had a long time, but they re kind of things you weren t allowed to talk about in public. and now you have the republican front-runner talking about al
it s great to be with you, rachel. i have to ask you, i know that the top line here is the republican presidential results. i have to ask you if you were surprised by the birther numbers among the republican electorate, that so few of them believe president obama was born in the u.s. i would be surprised if it hadn t been what we ve been finding in the polling for the last six years, and it s consistent with what we found over time. i think what this poll is really illuminate something who donald trump supporters are. more than 60% of donald trump supporters believe barack obama is a muslim. more than 60% of them want to deport children. and i think that these are attitudes that republican voters and the country have had a long time, but they re kind of things you weren t allowed to talk about in public. and now you have the republican front-runner talking about all of these things in public and not apologizing for it one little bit. it s not surprising that these kinds of voters
joining us now is tom general son, director of public policy polling. thank you for being here, for giving us access to this new national poll. it s great to be with you, rachel. i have to ask you, i know that the top line here is the republican presidential results. i have to ask you if you were surprised by the birther numbers among the republican electorate, that so few of them believe president obama was born in the u.s. i would be surprised if it hadn t been what we ve been finding in the polling for the last six years, and it s consistent with what we found over time. i think what this poll is really illuminate something who donald trump supporters are. more than 60% of donald trump supporters believe barack obama is a muslim. more than 60% of them want to deport children. and i think that these are attitudes that republican voters and the country have had a long time, but they re kind of things you weren t allowed to talk about in public. and now you have the republican fr