Rubio bashes Trump's 'offensive,' 'outlandish' Muslim ban

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio ripped into Donald Trump's proposed ban on Muslims entering the United States Monday evening.

In a tweet sent out at Monday evening, Rubio called the statement "offensive" and "outlandish," adding that he disagrees with the ban.

Trump's Monday afternoon statement called for "a total and complete shutdown" of Muslims entering the country "until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on."

"Without looking at the various polling data, it is obvious to anybody the hatred is beyond comprehension. Where this hatred comes from and why we will have to determine," Trump said in the statement. "Until we are able to determine and understand this problem and the dangerous threat it poses, our country cannot be the victims of horrendous attacks by people that believe only in Jihad, and have no sense of reason or respect for human life."

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