Richard Blumenthal actually said...

It was a victory for the president but not for America and I say with sadness as a former law clerk to the United States Supreme Court Justi...

He has never disavowed those past statements. He has never said that they were wrong or that he wanted to abandon them.

We need to change the composition of the Congress and legislate in a way that prevents this kind of discriminatory ban.

It is a fig leaf. It is a disguise, a masquerade, done for the purpose of making it seem religiously neutral when in fact it is clearly aime...