SEN. BERNIE SANDERS:

I disagree.

Look, when we talk about terrorism, what it's really about is the terrorists trying to instill fear and terror in ourselves. And I'm hearing some people talking, well, maybe we will close down mosques, maybe we won't let Muslims into this country, maybe we will turn our back on hundreds of thousands of people who have been destroyed,whose lives have been destroyed by terrorism, who have had to flee Syria, have to flee Afghanistan.

Now, it goes without saying that we need to have a very, very strong screening process to make sure that those people who come into this country deserve to be in this country, that they are not terrorists. I think that we can do that.

And I will tell you something else, that if we turn our backs on those people, you know, I think in — almost, in a way, we will be — we will be under — we will be destroying what this country is supposed to be about.

Throughout our history, we have welcomed people who were in trouble.

So, screening, yes, but turning our backs on people whose lives have been so affected by the war in Syria and Afghanistan, I don't think that's appropriate.