The liberal media and Republican Party elites erupted this week after Donald Trump announced his plan to ban Muslim immigrants from the US until the government can assure it is safe to do so.

But Democrat Jimmy Carter did the same thing, and much more during the Iranian hostage crisis.

** Jimmy Carter banned Iranians from the US and deported Iranian students during the hostage crisis.

A picture is worth a thousand–



Here is a screengrab from the ABC News report of President Carter’s Iran speech – with a TV caption reading “prohibiting immigration.”

This was from ABC’s coverage of Democratic President Jimmy Carter’s April 7th, 1980 speech, regarding US cutting relations with the Khomeinist regime in Iran.

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** Note: This is not a new edited graphic with caption pasted on to still frame.

This is original news cast footage.

You can view the video at ABC online.

Here is a clip from the report:



Here’s the transcript from ABC News: