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Database in the u.s., several of his gop republican competitors condemned the stance, including ted cruz. let's listen to him. >> senator, your reaction to donald trump's suggestion yesterday that muslims be tracked as part of a national registry. >> well, listen, i'm a big fan of donald trump's, but i'm not a fan of government registries of american citizens. the first amendment protects religious liberty. >> there they go. it's an interesting division there among people, very nationalistic, like trump -- i think he's a supernationalist -- and somebody who's a libertarian as well. >> well, i ...

Registering all muslims is just -- >> i've got to be careful. i don't think he said registering them. under the mccarran act from 1950 to 1965, until it was ruled unconstitutional, we forced the communist party members to register, but that's different in this sense. i'm not defending it, but if somebody chooses to join the communist party under stalin, they know what they're doing. that's a political move. that shows loyalty to the other side in the cold war. that's not being born a muslim or born jewish or being born anything else. it's totally different. it's a signal of where you stand on ...