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Nobel Peace Prize Winner Wants Trump Punished For His Words, Social Media Users Have Other Ideas

Derek Hunter Contributor
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Former Egyptian Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei, who served as director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at the United Nations, has called for hard punishment for GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump.

ElBaradei, co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005 along with the IAEA, took to his official Twitter account to claim Trump’s calls for a moratorium on entry to the United States by Muslims “inflict injury and promote violence.”

“They should be condemned by all and punishable by law,” he concluded.

This was not met well on social media, with users reminding ElBaradei of the First Amendment and the right to free speech, while others wondered if he would then condemn Iranian calls for “death to America.”