These 47 Democrats Just Voted to Send Syrian Refugees Back to their Imminent Death

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/11/19/1452134/-These-47-Democrats-Just-Voted-to-Send-Syrian-Refugees-Back-to-their-Imminent-Death

The House just passed the Republicans’ bill that would halt any acceptance of refugees from Syria and create additional layers of bureaucratic hoops for refugees to pass through, effectively making it impossible for them.

The refugee screening process is already very restrictive, and Republicans likely already know that. When the New York Times pressed Republicans yesterday to point out what they actually thought were the weaknesses in the process, they got no response---well, except for a poll.

When pressed, most Republicans could not specify which aspects of the rigorous refugee vetting program that they found inadequate. Mr. Ryan’s staff members cited a Bloomberg poll of 1,002 adults released on Wednesday, conducted by Selzer & Company, that found that 53 percent of those surveyed said the resettlement program should be halted.

The racist and xenophobic bill is disingenuously named American Security Against Foreign Enemies Act. Security is not the purpose of the bill: its purpose is fear-mongering and catering to the basest sentiments of the population. If anything, it risks making the country less safe. In a speech the other day, the President remarked, “I cannot think of a more potent recruitment tool for Isil [Isis] than some of the rhetoric that’s been coming out of here during the course of this debate.” Counterterrorism expert Harleen Gambhir explained this further in the Washington Post, “The Islamic State’s strategy is to polarize Western society — to “destroy the grayzone,” as it says in its publications. The group hopes frequent, devastating attacks in its name will provoke overreactions by European governments against innocent Muslims, thereby alienating and radicalizing Muslim communities throughout the continent.” French authorities believe that the planting of a fake Syrian passport was done exactly to provoke such a backlash against refugees and the Muslim population in general.

Republicans are doing exactly what ISIS wants Western leaders to do. And although President Obama, our three Democratic presidential candidates, and senators like Elizabeth Warren have eloquently spoken about why we should continue to accept refugees (at a higher level than our embarrassingly low number), many Democrats are simply craven. And we saw that today.

Here's the list:

Here are the 47 Democrats who should be shamed:

Pete Aguilar (CA-31)

Brad Ashford (NE-02)

Ami Bera (CA-07)

Sanford Bishop (GA-02)

Julia Brownley (CA-26)

Cheri Bustos (IL-17)

John Carney (DE-AL)

Gerry Connolly (VA-11)

Jim Cooper (TN-05)

Jim Costa (CA-16)

Joe Courtney (CT-02)

Henry Cuellar (TX-28)

John Delaney (MD-06)

Lloyd Doggett (TX-35)

Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02)

John Garamendi (CA-03)

Gwen Graham (FL-02)

Gene Green (TX-29)

Janice Hahn (CA-44)

Jim Himes (CT-04)

Steve Israel (NY-03)

Marcy Kaptur (OH-09)

Bill Keating (MA-09)

Ron Kind (WI-03)

Annie Kuster (NH-02)

Jim Langevin (RI-02)

Dan Lipinski (IL-03)

Dave Loebsack (IA-02)

Stephen Lynch (MA-08)

Sean Maloney (NY-18)

Patrick Murphy (FL-18)

Rick Nolan (MN-08)

Donald Norcross (NJ-01)

Scott Peters (CA-52)

Collin Peterson (MN-07)

Jared Polis (CO-02)

Kathleen Rice (NY-04)

Raul Ruiz (CA-36)

Tim Ryan (OH-13)

Kurt Schrader (OR-05)

David Scott (GA-13)

Terri Sewell (AL-07)

Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09)

Louise Slaughter (NY-25)

Marc Veasey (TX-33)

Filemon Vela (TX-34)

Tim Walz (MN-01)

The rest of the story at link.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

1. They won't have to go back to their imminent death. Because some compassionate, brave nation will..

...take the refugees in our stead.

And we, America, will have to live with that legacy.

[frazzled]

4. No, because President Obama has vowed to veto it

And the Senate (if it passes there in the first place) will not have enough votes to override that veto. We will take them.

[mmonk]

2. Pragmatism.

I hear it's the rage.

[gratuitous]

7. Indeed, it wouldn't be practical

And we all know how important it is to be practical. Sorry Syrians who escaped the murderous clutches of Daesh, but that whole "land of the free, home of the brave" thing is just branding and not to be taken seriously. Good luck in your future endeavors, but after de-stabilizing your region, pouring all those arms and weapons into the hands of ally and terrorist alike, and continually stirring the hornets' nest, we in the United States just can't quite see our way clear to how any of this is our fault.

[hobbit709]

3. WTF? My Congresscritter is that list. Lloyd Doggett?!?!

[Blue_Tires]

5. Sinema?? Before going to congress she was a refugee advocate(!)

http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/immigration/2015/11/19/kyrsten-sinemas-surprising-vote-syrian-refugees/76066450/

[TIME TO PANIC]

6. spineless cowards!!!

[Laughing Mirror]

8. Deeply disturbing

Gerry Connolly's (VA-11) district is heavily dependent on immigrants -- Asian, Hispanic, and a whole smorgasbord of others from any place you can imagine in the world who make up the majority of the more than a million and half citizens who live there.

Unconscionable why he would do this.

[closeupready]

9. Marcy Kaptur? Wow. That one is REALLY disappointing.

What happened?

[one_voice]

10. Aw fuck my guy is on that list...

but here's our Gov.

Why my state won't turn refugees away

By Jack A. Markell

http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/17/opinions/markell-us-accept-refugees/

Carney plans to run for Gov...