Story highlights "Any document signed or executed in the United States makes no difference to ISIS," Sebastian Gorka says

He brushes off those who say Trump is emboldening ISIS

Washington (CNN) A top assistant to President Donald Trump dismissed concerns Wednesday that the administration's travel ban would embolden extremists overseas.

"Any document signed or executed in the United States makes no difference to ISIS," Sebastian Gorka told CNN's Jake Tapper on "The Lead." "The idea that what we do here, that they're suddenly going to surrender or give up or recruit less, is absurd."

Since Trump signed the order temporarily banning the entry of people from seven predominantly Muslim countries, many have come out in opposition, including career diplomats and former national security heavyweights

Tapper asked Gorka, a former Brietbart editor, about this criticism, mentioning Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham's claims the order could be a propaganda tool for ISIS.

Gorka shrugged off the idea, saying that kind of thinking came from an "echo chamber." He went on to cite a conversation he had with an Iraqi who he said was glad the United States was preventing "bad guys" in Iraq from reaching the United States.

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