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Vermont Elects Nation’s First Muslim Party Chair, Sends ‘Strong Message to Trump’
NBC News ^
| March 6, 2017
| Alex Seitz-Wald
Posted on 03/07/2017 1:50:23 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Two days before the Trump administration rolled out the new version of what critics call a Muslim ban, Vermont Democrats elected the nation's first Muslim state party chairman.
Faisal Gill, who was elected Saturday, said the decision of the Democratic State Committee to name him interim chair is a clear rebuke of Trump.
"To have a Muslim and immigrant to be the state party chair sends a really strong message to Trump and his type of politics that this is not where the country is at," he told NBC News.
The White House released a new executive order Monday restricting travel from six Muslim-majority countries after a federal court halted an earlier version. Trump says the move is necessary for security, but Gill and other critics say it's merely an attempt to legally discriminate against Muslims....
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TOPICS: Vermont; Parties
KEYWORDS: democrats; muslims; sanders; vermont
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Is the message that we're crazy?
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
03/07/2017 1:52:10 PM PST
by
ColdOne
((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
“”To have a Muslim and immigrant to be the state party chair sends a really strong message to Trump and his type of politics that this is not where the country is at,” he told NBC News.”
Riiiiiight.. They still do not get why Trump was elected.
Actually it is pretty funny.
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posted on
03/07/2017 1:52:50 PM PST
by
EQAndyBuzz
(Nuke Bilderberg from orbit. It''s the only way to be sure.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Alahwahoo Whacknar!
I want a Jew elected as party chair!
Sending a message?
Buahahahahahahahaha!
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posted on
03/07/2017 1:54:42 PM PST
by
Candor7
((Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
"To have a Muslim and immigrant to be the state party chair sends a really strong message to Trump and his type of politics that this is not where the country is at," he told NBC News.Trump got elected. That's where the country is at. Sorry, Charlie.
To: EQAndyBuzz
“They still do not get why Trump was elected.”
There’s no use trying to make stupid people learn. Liberals are like those stupid kids hammering a circle into those square pegs in kindergarten. They wont get it and never will.
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posted on
03/07/2017 1:55:24 PM PST
by
max americana
(For the 9th time FIRED LIBERALS from our company at this election, and every election since 2008)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Did you see any headline liket his when Republican were winning state seat and Governorships like crazy during the Obama years?
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posted on
03/07/2017 1:55:45 PM PST
by
Hildy
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Ha ha the second whitest state besides mine (Maine) has a tolkien muzzie...freakin rascist hippies of ol’ Vahmont . Who cares.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
The message I get out of it is the deomcRATS still have no idea why they lost all those seats.
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posted on
03/07/2017 1:57:02 PM PST
by
jospehm20
To: 2ndDivisionVet
‘Strong Message to Trump’
We Surrender ,you should too ?
To: EQAndyBuzz
I found it more humorous than any kind of strong message...here is Trump's response, hopefully:
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posted on
03/07/2017 1:57:26 PM PST
by
rlmorel
(President Donald J. Trump ... Making Liberal Heads Explode, 140 Characters at a Time)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
They elected Sanders too. Freakin barking fruitbats.
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posted on
03/07/2017 1:57:34 PM PST
by
Travis T. OJustice
(<---Time Magazine's 2006 Person of the Year)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
To have a Muslim and immigrant to be the state party chair sends a really strong message that the democRAT Party occupies the left side of the Bell Curve.
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posted on
03/07/2017 1:58:21 PM PST
by
NorthMountain
(The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
The strong message to the Vermont voters, is: Shut up and deal with Muslimbs telling you and your family how to live and vote.
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posted on
03/07/2017 1:59:07 PM PST
by
Grampa Dave
( Obama shredded our constitution with his TrumpTowerGate. Obama is today's Nixon!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Yes we’re crazy. Muslims are out for blood - their history and deeds prove it.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Message:
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posted on
03/07/2017 2:01:05 PM PST
by
pgyanke
(Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Sweden on Lake Champlain.
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posted on
03/07/2017 2:01:09 PM PST
by
headstamp 2
(Fear is the mind killer.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I swear, those people in Vermont just get dumber by the day.
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posted on
03/07/2017 2:05:41 PM PST
by
N9841A
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Wake up Vermont. You are on your way down the drain and this ignorant move should finish the job. Try to act like American’s.
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posted on
03/07/2017 2:08:04 PM PST
by
mulligan
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Big mistake. They are not compatible with civilization. Get out.
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posted on
03/07/2017 2:10:08 PM PST
by
I want the USA back
(Lying Media: willing and eager allies of the hate-America left.)
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