Posted on 09/30/2016 4:08:57 PM PDT by richardb72
St. Cloud is still reeling from the stabbing of nine people on Sept. 17. The terrorist yelled “Allahu akbar!” as he attacked shoppers at the Crossroads Center mall.
A bombing in New York City left 29 people wounded. The Cascade Mall in Burlington, Wash., was next, with five people shot to death.
While investigations are still ongoing, all of the attacks are likely to be similarly-motivated and perpetrated by Muslim immigrants.
Similar deadly attacks have included the Boston Marathon bombings, the Chattanooga and Little Rock military recruiting office attacks, San Bernardino, and earlier this year the Orlando nightclub shooting.
Minnesota’s Second District congressional race between Republican Jason Lewis and Democrat Angie Craig couldn’t present more different views on the threat of terrorism. Last December, Lewis noted: “More gun controls won’t stop domestic terror; more immigration controls and border security will. Time to get serious.” On her campaign website, Craig called her opponent’s statement “absolute lunacy,” and argued that: “To conflate the issues of domestic mass shootings and immigration is either the worst, most cynical, kind of politics or just plain ignorant.”
But in an appearance on WCCO-TV the day after the Crossroads Center bloodshed, Craig called for more funding for customs and border protection. Craig also said she wants more money to combat the “extremism” in the Somali community. And without any evidence, she claimed that Lewis was the candidate who wanted to cut such funding.
Until recently, Craig’s solution to terrorism has been to only push more gun control — . . .
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“To conflate the issues of domestic mass shootings and immigration is either the worst, most cynical, kind of politics or just plain ignorant.”
Seriously? Hmmm...
Prepare for an ass-whooping; you are gonna lose!
Jason Lewis, the talk radio guy?
I like him...hated to see him leave Charlotte.
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