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Muslim rep. decries Trump’s ‘villainous rampage against other Americans’
The Hill ^ | June 13, 2016 | Lisa Hagen

Posted on 06/13/2016 7:19:53 PM PDT by jazusamo

Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) on Monday night called Donald Trump “a narcissistic fascist” for shifting the focus to himself in the wake of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.

Ellison, the first Muslim member of Congress, decried the presumptive GOP presidential nominee for turning attention away from the 49 people killed and 53 injured at a gay nightclub in Orlando on Sunday.

Trump has come under fire for a self-congratulatory tweet he sent out after the terrorist attack, in which he said he “appreciate[s] the congrats for being right on radical Islamic terrorism.”

“It is clear that we have a narcissistic, facist who has claimed the Republican nomination. That’s a fact. The question is what are we going to do about it as a nation,” Ellison told MSNBC’s Chris Hayes on Monday night.

“Why, oh, why can’t his sympathies run to them for just a moment?” Ellison asked, referring to the LGBT and Latino communities. “The whole nation should be grieving with them.”

“The fact his mind is not concerned itself with what they need, comforting them, is deep and disturbing,” Ellison said. “And then turn it into a villainous rampage against other Americans who have absolutely nothing to do with this -- and I mean Muslims now -- it’s just outrageous.”

Ellison noted that the country should focus on limiting the availability of guns and increasing access and resources for mental health treatment. He said Washington lawmakers need more than a moment of silence for the shooting victims, and need to translate that into real change and unity.

“We need to make those investments. This is why people on the House floor today were saying, ‘Where’s the bill?,’” Ellison said.

House Democrats staged protests Monday evening in response to a moment of silence on the floor to remember the victims of the attack. The chamber erupted into shouting after the silence as Democrats expressed frustration over the lack of votes to restrict guns after repeated mass shootings.

“Republicans wanted a moment of silence for the victims. I respect that, but we can’t continue that moment of silence when we should be legislating,” Ellison said. “We need action. We need to turn to each other not on each other as our narcissist candidate suggests.”

One day after the shooting, both Trump and presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clintondelivered dueling speeches that addressed the carnage in Orlando and drew contrasts between their national security approaches.

Trump’s speech was fueled with attacks on both Clinton and President Obama, saying the two were putting “political correctness” above national security in making their push.

Trump also blamed current U.S. immigration policies for allowing the gunman’s parents to enter the country from Afghanistan and called for a temporary ban on immigration from areas with “a proven history of terrorism.”

Clinton’s speech that took thinly veiled shots at Trump’s “inflammatory, anti-Muslim rhetoric.” She condemned his proposed ban of Muslims entering the country.

She also pledged to go after “lone wolves,” people who become radicalized on their own, and called for stricter gun control measures on assault weapons.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota; US: New York; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2016election; banglist; election2016; ellison; gungrabbers; newyork; radicalmuslims; terrorism; trump; trumpterrorism
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To: boycott

Well said and right on!


21 posted on 06/13/2016 7:33:40 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

He has a crush on Trump.


22 posted on 06/13/2016 7:33:57 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement ("World Peace 1.20.09.")
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To: jazusamo

Tell this Islamofacist to shut the hell up.


23 posted on 06/13/2016 7:34:51 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Obama is more supportive of Iran's right to defend its territorial borders than he is of the USA's.)
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To: jazusamo

The last line about Hillary saying that she would go after “lone wolf” terrorists is HILLARIOUS.

She couldn’t even find 33,000 of her emails, the Filegate boxes right in front of her lying nose, Monica Lewinsky under the President’s desk, or Huma Abedin’s Moslem Brotherhood connections.

Fat, stupid and cankerous is no way to go through life, Hilda.


24 posted on 06/13/2016 7:35:38 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: ConorMacNessa

You couldn’t be more correct, my FRiend!


25 posted on 06/13/2016 7:36:38 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: jazusamo

Ellison is also a homosexual, something that would get him killed in Muslim countries, but he feels he can lecture us.


26 posted on 06/13/2016 7:38:00 PM PDT by txrefugee
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To: kiryandil

Muslims hate gays.

Liberals twittered in laughter when Iran’s former President Ahmedinejad said there were no gays in his country.

The slaughter of 50 gay people in FL haven’t led them to reconsider their embrace of Islam.


27 posted on 06/13/2016 7:38:18 PM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
BUMP!!
28 posted on 06/13/2016 7:38:34 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: jazusamo

In the face of the slaughter of 49 innocent Americans, muslims must STOP portraying themselves as the victims.


29 posted on 06/13/2016 7:39:22 PM PDT by milford421 ("All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke))
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To: jazusamo

Keith should’ve taken a look inside the Pulse nightclub. There he’d seen a “villainous rampage against other Americans”.


30 posted on 06/13/2016 7:46:04 PM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America ((Some of you characterized my FReep name as 'paranoid' a few years back.. Care to apologize now?))
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To: milford421

Has Loretta Lynch warned us not to be ‘Islamophobic’ yet, like she did following the San Bernardino terrorist attack?


31 posted on 06/13/2016 7:47:48 PM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America ((Some of you characterized my FReep name as 'paranoid' a few years back.. Care to apologize now?))
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To: jazusamo

Want to upset Islamic-supporting and believing Democrats? How about an “American Self-Defense Act” establishing that the 2nd amendment applies to all US citizens without regard to what community, county, or state they are resident in or visiting. Establish clearly that no state or local law can infringe upon this constitutional right—if someone wants to carry arms, they may do so. Period. Make sure that citizens are empowered to protect themselves.


32 posted on 06/13/2016 7:50:42 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Like herpes, Cruz can always flare up again. Treat with Trump.)
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

“Has Loretta Lynch warned us not to be ‘Islamophobic’ yet, like she did following the San Bernardino terrorist attack?”

She’s another one who needs to be removed from office.


33 posted on 06/13/2016 7:51:41 PM PDT by milford421 ("All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke))
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

I’m Islamophobic because I don’t have a death with.

Its not irrational, not a figment of my imagination and not grounded in hate.

People who hate Jews, Christians, women, gays and Americans have no place among us and aren’t entitled to claim membership in our American family.


34 posted on 06/13/2016 7:51:48 PM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: jazusamo

F that MOFO Ellison. He is a real POS. I saw Sean Hannity do an interview with that POS. If I remember right, Hannity had to cut the chump’s microphone, just to stop him. He is a real POS.


35 posted on 06/13/2016 7:52:58 PM PDT by Mark17 (I traded my shackles for a glorious song. I'm free, praise the Lord, free at last.)
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To: jazusamo

Poor Muslim...how did he get elected in OUR Government? oh yeah, I forgot, we got the head of the Muslim Brotherhood in the White House and the Mrs running for the White House right now...

GO. TRUMP. GO!!!


36 posted on 06/13/2016 7:57:15 PM PDT by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump; Trump; Trump; Trump; 100%)
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To: Reno89519

I couldn’t agree more.


37 posted on 06/13/2016 7:58:26 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Mark17; HarleyLady27

You’re both dead on the Mark!


38 posted on 06/13/2016 8:01:20 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Secret Agent Man

One of many enemies within


39 posted on 06/13/2016 8:01:41 PM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: jazusamo

Fsck the ragheads


40 posted on 06/13/2016 8:03:10 PM PDT by AFreeBird (BEST. ELECTION. EVER!)
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