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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Democrats = Useful Infidels
Gee, Commie Conyers and Criminal Crook Pelosi making nicey with some Moslems of questionable allegiance to the Constitution.
What will the Dems think of next?
The former Police Chief/Sheriff or Kid Shalin of Orlando is a fool. It was Jews, or Sikhs, or American Indians who carried out the massacre at the Pulse Night Club.
My relatives used to own what we think was a key part of downtown Orlando (where Epcot is/was). Can we get it back and clean out the place?
Looks like my question mark got dropped at “It was Jews, or Sikhs or American Indians who carried out the massacre at the Pulse Night Club?
And the Democrats are going to start crapping themselves once the Muzzies start executing them after they become useless to their cause.
No. David Weigel is a liar, a propagandist for the Enemy, and the veritable epitome of political correctness run amuck.
Such people completely disregard the security of this nation and the safety of its citizens, and apparently believe in totally open borders and unchecked immigration as well...
Yep - Trump is forcing themselves to show who they really are - no more pretending to care for the People.
You’re right...
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