Earnest: ‘Fake Hair’ Trump’s Muslim Ban ‘Disqualifies Him’ from Presidency

Press Secretary Josh Earnest lambasted Donald Trump‘s “carnival barker routine” Tuesday, arguing that the Republican presidential candidate’s recent proposal to ban Muslims from the United States is “disqualifying.”

“The Trump campaign, for some time now, has had a ‘dustbin of history’-like quality to it, from the vacuous sloganeering, to the outright lies; even the fake hair,” Earnest said, adding the pertinent question is whether Republicans are “going to be dragged into the dustbin of history” with the Trump campaign.

Earnest told reporters that Trump’s proposal shows the business mogul is incapable of preserving, protecting, and defending the Constitution, and thus “disqualifies him from serving as president.”

While several Republican presidential candidates denounced Trump’s proposed ban on Muslims, every candidate signed a pledge to support the eventual nominee of the party. And despite insisting Trump’s sentiment is “not what [the Republican] Party stands for,” Speaker of the House Paul Ryan told reporters Tuesday he will support “whoever the nominee is.”

Earnest suggested that upholding a pledge to support Trump is “in and of itself is a disqualifier.”

“What he said is disqualifying, and any Republican who’s too fearful of the Republican base to admit it has no business serving as president either,” Earnest said.

Watch the video above, via CSPAN 2.

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