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Democrats get closer to Muslim groups as Trump considers more terror policies
The Washington Post's Power Post ^ | February 2, 2017 | David Weigel

Posted on 02/02/2017 8:16:21 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

As House Democrats learned that a federal program countering “violent extremism” was likely to be reframed to target “Islamic extremism,” many were gathering for an unofficial forum on “Trump’s Un-American Muslim and Refugee Ban.” Sponsored by the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, Rep. John Conyers Jr. (Mich.), the forum gathered Muslim witnesses and State Department veterans for a 110-minute series of speeches against the president’s executive orders on refugees and travel from seven majority-Muslim nations.

“For decades, we have granted safe haven to families fleeing persecution and violence,” said Conyers, who frequently holds “alternative” hearings when Democrats are in the minority. “Will we continue down that path of refuge, tolerance and inclusion pursued across parties and administrations, or will we veer down the path of intolerance, xenophobia and paranoia, as the current administration appears to be heading?”

As the “Muslim ban” approaches its one-week mark, after several revisions and losses in the courts, the congressional response to it has become largely partisan. While a number of Republicans in both houses criticized the executive order, none have endorsed Democratic legislation to roll it back. Despite — or because of — greater media focus on how paranoid sentiments about Islam have come from White House strategist Stephen K. Bannon, criticism of the administration’s approach has become largely limited to the opposition....

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TOPICS: Issues; Parties; U.S. Congress; U.S. Senate
KEYWORDS: democrats; muslims; refugees; trump
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The masks are coming off.
1 posted on 02/02/2017 8:16:21 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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STOP THE SAUDI TRAVELERS!!!


2 posted on 02/02/2017 8:18:28 PM PST by WENDLE (We need to move forward on our 100 new federal judges ASAP .)
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Democrats and islamics unite to cut off Adam Smith’s invisible hand.


3 posted on 02/02/2017 8:20:24 PM PST by spokeshave (In the Thatch Weave,..Trump's Wing Man is Truth)
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muslimes are just useful tools for demorats


4 posted on 02/02/2017 8:20:36 PM PST by DOC44 (Have gun will travel.)
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It’s the only religion Democrats love.


5 posted on 02/02/2017 8:23:42 PM PST by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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Guess the dems still haven’t figured out that American voters are sick of the Muslim love these people show. More losses for them in 2018. I don’t get the Muslim love at all.


6 posted on 02/02/2017 8:26:08 PM PST by dandiegirl (BO)
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Yeh....There’s a win for the Dems....They hate us....when will you wake up.


7 posted on 02/02/2017 8:27:07 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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or vice versa


8 posted on 02/02/2017 8:31:21 PM PST by xp38
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Yes, they are. The left is equating Sharia with Communism.


9 posted on 02/02/2017 8:36:18 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (****happy dance**** BIGLY!!!! Shadilay!)
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Be careful there Dems. Anytime you knowingly associate with Muslim groups, there is a high likelihood that you end up supporting UnAmerican Activities. It’s like joining a gang, or checking into The Hotel California. You can check in whenever you want to, but you can NEVER leave!


10 posted on 02/02/2017 8:37:24 PM PST by lee martell
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As the “Muslim ban” approaches its one-week mark...

David Weigel's a fool - or he can't do math. 92% of the world's Muslim are NOT living in the States requiring more vetting.

And since David Weigel can't DO math what this means is if you line up a hundred Muslims only 8 would be effected by this ruling.

11 posted on 02/02/2017 8:39:10 PM PST by GOPJ (America is my home, it is not a "refugee" camp. (anonymous))
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Yes, they are. The masks are coming off.

It’s later than we thought. It’s later than the Left thought.

The stories have been creeping out, here and there, that CAIR was mixing in with these protesters. Certainly, the enemies of America were bound to get together


12 posted on 02/02/2017 8:41:49 PM PST by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey! Public Education/Academia are the farm team for more Marxists coming... infinitum.)
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This should do wonders for the democrats come next elections. Hopefully they’ll pick Ellison as their party chair. And they can have a camel AND a jackass as their mascots.


13 posted on 02/02/2017 8:48:34 PM PST by aquila48
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The Democratic Party of Islam ?


14 posted on 02/02/2017 8:56:17 PM PST by butlerweave
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the Islamic radicals and the left, in both the DNC and media, have the same goal, the destruction of Western Civilization. Remember Jesse Jackson’s old war cry, “Hey Hey Ho Ho, Western Civ has got to go.” They meant it then, and they mean it now. It’s not just them, it’s the whole rotten established order, that’s why you hear about civil servants meeting to organize disruption of Trump’s policies in every department. Soros/DNC/media backed by a lot of establishment republicans, such as McCain and Graham, aren’t going to go down easy.

Watch for a ratcheting up of rioting in the coming days and weeks. If Trump hangs tough, and doesn’t back down, I wouldn’t put it past them to actually start killing people next.


15 posted on 02/02/2017 9:08:48 PM PST by euram
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The DNC has become ISIS’s JV team.


16 posted on 02/02/2017 9:08:49 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (As long as tyranny exists, the Constitution and Bill of Right will never be "outdated" or "obsolete")
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This IS looking like pre WW2 Germany. The Dems are heading in a dangerous direction


17 posted on 02/02/2017 9:19:21 PM PST by goodnesswins (Say hello to President Trump)
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Sort of like being called “unAmerican” by Alger Hiss and the Rosenbergs.


18 posted on 02/02/2017 9:26:36 PM PST by Arthur McGowan (https://youtu.be/IYUYya6bPGw)
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19 posted on 02/02/2017 9:27:48 PM PST by Dogbert41 (Jerusalem is the city of The Great King!)
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Muslims
Hispanics
Women
Gays
Blacks

This is the DNC now, in order


20 posted on 02/02/2017 9:30:36 PM PST by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! And please, God, bless the USA again.)
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