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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRomney Holds Meeting With Supporters Of Bachmann’s Anti-Muslim Witch Hunt
Romney Holds Meeting With Supporters Of Bachmanns Anti-Muslim Witch Hunt
By Annie-Rose Strasser
Mitt Romney held a meeting Thursday with a group of right-wing activists that included several leaders who have been vocal supporters of Rep. Michele Bachmanns (R-MN) Islamophobic witch hunt, deepening his association with right-wing, anti-Muslim sentiment.
One of the guests at Thursdays event was Vice President of the Family Research Council Jerry Boykin, who has a long history of Islamophobia, and once said that Islam should not be protected under the First Amendment. Most recently, Boykin piled on to Bachmanns baseless indictment that top Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin is part of a Muslim Brotherhood plot. I believe in some aspects of this situation there is support for the infiltration of the Muslim Brotherhood into our government, that sounds extremist but it is just a fact, its a reality, he said.
Three others in attendance at Thursdays event American Values president Gary Bauer, Focus on the Family founder James Dobson, and Family Research Council president Tony Perkins penned a letter to House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) defending Bachmanns witch hunt. In that letter, they argued there is legitimate concern about senior federal officials or branches of the federal government could be animated or influenced by groups affiliated with, or a philosophy grounded in, radical Islam.
Boehner ended up rebuking Bachmann and her Islamophobic effort which is more than Romney has done. The presidential candidate has refused to condemn Bachmann saying, Im not going to tell other people what things to talk about.
http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/08/08/660701/romney-holds-meeting-with-supporters-of-bachmanns-anti-muslim-witch-hunt/
By Annie-Rose Strasser
Mitt Romney held a meeting Thursday with a group of right-wing activists that included several leaders who have been vocal supporters of Rep. Michele Bachmanns (R-MN) Islamophobic witch hunt, deepening his association with right-wing, anti-Muslim sentiment.
One of the guests at Thursdays event was Vice President of the Family Research Council Jerry Boykin, who has a long history of Islamophobia, and once said that Islam should not be protected under the First Amendment. Most recently, Boykin piled on to Bachmanns baseless indictment that top Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin is part of a Muslim Brotherhood plot. I believe in some aspects of this situation there is support for the infiltration of the Muslim Brotherhood into our government, that sounds extremist but it is just a fact, its a reality, he said.
Three others in attendance at Thursdays event American Values president Gary Bauer, Focus on the Family founder James Dobson, and Family Research Council president Tony Perkins penned a letter to House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) defending Bachmanns witch hunt. In that letter, they argued there is legitimate concern about senior federal officials or branches of the federal government could be animated or influenced by groups affiliated with, or a philosophy grounded in, radical Islam.
Boehner ended up rebuking Bachmann and her Islamophobic effort which is more than Romney has done. The presidential candidate has refused to condemn Bachmann saying, Im not going to tell other people what things to talk about.
http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/08/08/660701/romney-holds-meeting-with-supporters-of-bachmanns-anti-muslim-witch-hunt/
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Romney Holds Meeting With Supporters Of Bachmann’s Anti-Muslim Witch Hunt (Original Post)
ProSense
Aug 2012
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DoesThink Progress have ESP? Today is Wednesday. Did Romney meet LAST Thursday?
Justice wanted
Aug 2012
#1
So the Fundies will meet with the Mormon and voice their concerns about the Muslims?
NightWatcher
Aug 2012
#2
Justice wanted
(2,657 posts)1. DoesThink Progress have ESP? Today is Wednesday. Did Romney meet LAST Thursday?
ProSense
(116,464 posts)3. Yes, last Thursday. See the links at the original. n/t
Justice wanted
(2,657 posts)4. Thank you I couldn't pull the orginial article. I do apologize
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)2. So the Fundies will meet with the Mormon and voice their concerns about the Muslims?
Say what you will about Islam, but at least it's not a new religion founded by a bank fraudster. It's been around for a lot longer and has more followers than Mitt's fly-by-night.