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still_one

(92,061 posts)
Tue Jun 28, 2016, 07:16 PM Jun 2016

Witness At Ted Cruz Hearing Accuses Congress’ Two Muslim Members Of Muslim Brotherhood Ties

"In explosive testimony Tuesday, a witness before a Senate panel about Islamic terrorism accused the two Muslim members of Congress of having attended an event organized by the Muslim Brotherhood.

The charge was leveled by Chris Gaubatz, a “national security consultant” who has moonlighted as an undercover agitator of Muslim groups that he accuses of being terrorist outfits, and it was directed at Reps. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) and André Carson (D-Ind.). At the heart of his accusation is the attendance by those two members at a 2008 convention hosted by the Islamic Society of North America — a Muslim umbrella group, which Gaubatz claims is a front for the Muslim Brotherhood."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/congress-muslim-brotherhood_us_5772b615e4b0352fed3e0372?section=

I have two questions:

1. Is it a front for the Muslim Brotherhood?
2. If it is a front for the Muslim Brotherhood, were the Congress persons aware of that?

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still_one

(92,061 posts)
2. What I am asking is who is this supposed witness, and is there validity to this or not?
Tue Jun 28, 2016, 07:59 PM
Jun 2016

I know what Ted Cruz is. I never heard of this Chris Gaubatz

Why am I asking, because I suspect our illustrious media, and the anti-Muslim trump will be throwing this around, and it would be good to know what is what, in order to counter it

still_one

(92,061 posts)
11. gaubatz is a right wing wack job. What authority did cruz and his henchmen have to even call on
Tue Jun 28, 2016, 09:47 PM
Jun 2016

these congressmen? Enough is enough already.

"Chris Gaubatz, the witness who denounced Reps. Keith Ellison (D-MN) and André Carson (D-IN), is a second-generation specialist in evidence fabrication, bigoted smears, and deranged narratives aimed at stoking anti-Muslim sentiment."


http://www.breitbartunmasked.com/2016/06/28/ted-cruz-hearing-features-crackpot-anti-muslim-witness/

Oneironaut

(5,486 posts)
3. "Fellas... I don't recognize the right of this committee to ask me these kinds of questions.
Tue Jun 28, 2016, 08:06 PM
Jun 2016

And furthermore, you can all go fuck yourselves."

Oneironaut

(5,486 posts)
5. For some reason, this made me think of "The Front."
Tue Jun 28, 2016, 08:09 PM
Jun 2016


No idea either, but I wish politics was like that. Haha

still_one

(92,061 posts)
6. Yup, you are absolutely right, and that is exactly the kind of bullshit Cruz is notorious for
Tue Jun 28, 2016, 08:16 PM
Jun 2016

good movie, with a lot of the actors in that movie who were on the blacklist


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