The former US Secretary of State has announced that she “stands ready to register as a Muslim”, after a report that Donald Trump plans to temporarily suspend the issue of visas to seven Muslim countries.
Madeleine Albright tweeted: "I was raised Catholic, became Episcopalian & found out later my family was Jewish. I stand ready to register as Muslim in #solidarity."
Ms Albright also tweeted that: “There is no fine print on the Statue of Liberty. America must remain open to people of all faiths & backgrounds. #RefugeesWelcome”. The tweet is a reference to the poem attached to the base of the statue, which was written by Emma Lazarus, a Jewish-American poet. Ms Albright included a picture of an excerpt from the poem,:
Mr Trump also said during his campaign that he would require Muslims in the US to register on a database, a statement he has since denied..
