Columnist Katie Hopkins caused further outrage today by saying Donald Trump’s proposed ban on Muslims entering the country would be a good idea for “everybody”.
Ms Hopkins was speaking on radio station LBC following Sarah Palin’s decision to back Trump’s bid for the White House.
Host Nick Ferrari suggested the Republican candidate’s proposed ban on Muslims was “farcical”, but Ms Hopkins hit back: “Well, it was a temporary ban in the light of 16 people being gunned down.
“And I think in a vacuum of anybody doing anything and Obama finally wiggling out later saying 'Muslims are quite good at sports', I think they needed someone to stand there and be bold and that's what Donald did.”
She went on: "I think it wouldn't hurt for everybody to have a temporary ban while we work out what the hell is going on given that we have people blowing themselves up in suicide jackets."
And she also slammed the campaign to ban the businessman from entering the UK after MPs debated the idea in Parliament this week, with one politician branding him a “wazzock”.
Ms Hopkins said: “We have a real man and all we can do here in the UK, and we should hang our heads in shame, is spend three hours in the House of Commons debating whether we should ban Trump.
“You know, I think it’s us that need to look at ourselves and question where is the UK going, not where is Trump going.”
Her comments were met with uproar on Twitter by some listeners who branded her comments “disgusting”.”
“How about banning Katie Hopkins from LBC?” wrote Sue Alexander.
In December, Mr Trump praised the controversial writer as a “respected columnist” when she defended his claim that parts of London are so radicalised that police were scared to go there.
