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Obama calls idea of screening Syrian refugees based on religion ‘shameful,’
washingtonpost.com ^ | November 16 at 10:54 AM | Juliet Eilperin

Posted on 11/16/2015 9:12:49 AM PST by Trumpinator

Obama calls idea of screening Syrian refugees based on religion ‘shameful,’ defends White House strategy

By Juliet Eilperin November 16 at 10:54 AM

Obama also pointedly addressed the issue of whether the U.S. and other countries should continue to accept refugees, given the fact that one of the participants in the Paris plot may have come in with Syrian migrants. He said the U.S. would continue to accept more refugees from Syria and elsewhere, though "only after subjecting them to rigorous screening and security checks."

"Slamming the door in their faces would be a betrayal of our values," he said. "Our nations can welcome refugees who are desperately seeking safety and ensure our own security. We can and must do both."

Without directly naming GOP presidential candidates, the president blasted political leaders for suggesting the U.S. should only accept Christians fleeing Syria. He alluded to the fact that some of these same politicians--namely Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), whose father fled Cuba decades ago--had benefited from America's willingness to accept refugees.

"And when I hear folks say that, well, maybe we should just admit the Christians but not the Muslims, when I hear political leaders suggesting that there would be a religious test for which person who's fleeing from a war-torn country is admitted, when some of those folks themselves come from families who benefited from protection when they were fleeing political persecution, that's shameful," he said, his voice rising. "That's not American, that’s not who we are. We don’t have religious tests to our compassion."

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: idiocy; infiltration; invasion; islam; jihad; muslim; syria; theenemy; treason; trojanhorse; trumpwasright
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1 posted on 11/16/2015 9:12:49 AM PST by Trumpinator
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$#&% president Obama.


2 posted on 11/16/2015 9:14:35 AM PST by skeeter
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Barak Obama, “ Muslim terrorists have as much right to
be here as #blacklivesmatter...”


3 posted on 11/16/2015 9:15:00 AM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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What is shameful is his teen mother having sex with a married foreigner and then even finding another muzzie to marry.


4 posted on 11/16/2015 9:15:16 AM PST by boycott (--)
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Obama, let me help you. Syrian Christians - not terrorists.

Syrian Muslims - likely terrorists...


5 posted on 11/16/2015 9:15:28 AM PST by Trumpinator (You are all fired!!! TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP!)
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Iran and Russia are Syria’s ally. Why don’t the refugees go there?


6 posted on 11/16/2015 9:15:30 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Time for a global crusades. If we do not act, this is only the beginning.)
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Madness. Sheer madness.


7 posted on 11/16/2015 9:15:44 AM PST by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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We’ve got to remember that his very own baby daddy was a muzzie and even his step father was a muzzie. Yeah, he’s a muzzie sympathizer at the least.


8 posted on 11/16/2015 9:16:32 AM PST by boycott (--)
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Iran and Russia are Syria’s ally. Why don’t the refugees go there?

The majority of refugees are Sunni Muslims. Russian and Iran are backing the Shia, Secular and Christian Syrian govt. forces.

9 posted on 11/16/2015 9:16:55 AM PST by Trumpinator (You are all fired!!! TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP!)
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And I find his existence on the planet, let alone occupancy of the WH, shameful. Preaching to the choir on this site. But, if there are any people left, that still straddle the fence on this clown, they need their heads examined.


10 posted on 11/16/2015 9:16:59 AM PST by qaz123
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Honestly I do not think that woman was his mother. The whole narrative about him is a lie.


11 posted on 11/16/2015 9:17:19 AM PST by funfan
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What is shameful is his teen mother having sex with a married foreigner and then even finding another muzzie to marry.

Her parents were commies. They gave their daughter's womb up for the revolution.

12 posted on 11/16/2015 9:17:50 AM PST by Trumpinator (You are all fired!!! TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP! TRUMP!)
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13 posted on 11/16/2015 9:18:01 AM PST by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING ’VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: boycott

The SOB was raised as a radical Muslim on the streets of Jakarta.

Try to imagine the utter alien nature of his upbringing compared to virtually any American Christian at the same time.

He’s not just a sympathizer. He’s one of them.


14 posted on 11/16/2015 9:20:15 AM PST by Regulator
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It’s not a religion, $h!tfacea$$whole! It’s a death cult, hell bent on destroying anything that is good in the world. None of them should be in this country, including you, chief imam of America.


15 posted on 11/16/2015 9:21:19 AM PST by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country)
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Her parents were commies. They gave their daughter’s womb up for the revolution.

Agree. barack Hussein Obama, Sr. was her baby daddy. obama is spawn from an evil seed.

Even is grandparents were garbage.


16 posted on 11/16/2015 9:21:21 AM PST by boycott (--)
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What’s the surprise? Obama’s allegiance is to Islam. Every radical muzzie imported onto American soil is a victory to him.


17 posted on 11/16/2015 9:21:44 AM PST by greene66
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Then send them south to Saudi Arabia.


18 posted on 11/16/2015 9:21:54 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Time for a global crusades. If we do not act, this is only the beginning.)
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We’ve got to stop calling it a religion and call it for what it really is—a political fascist objective for the whole world.


19 posted on 11/16/2015 9:22:58 AM PST by Thorliveshere
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He already does screen them based on religion. Muslims are welcomed, Christians are denied entry.


20 posted on 11/16/2015 9:23:06 AM PST by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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