Scott Walker Says There Are A 'Handful Of Reasonable, Moderate Followers Of Islam'

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Source: HuffPost



Scott Walker Says There Are A 'Handful Of Reasonable, Moderate Followers Of Islam'
There are more than a handful.

Amanda Terkel

Senior Political Reporter, The Huffington Post

Posted: 08/21/2015 04:15 PM EDT | Edited: 1 hour ago

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) admitted Friday that not every Muslim in the world is a terrorist, saying there are a "handful" of "reasonable" people out there.

An attendee at Walker's event in Derby, New Hampshire, noted that President Barack Obama's administration tends to avoid characterizing the fight against terrorism as a fight against Islam.

"If you're fighting a war, you've got to identify who the enemy is loud and clear," said Walker. "We've said it repeatedly: It's radical Islamic terrorism."

"It is a war against not only America and Israel, it's a war against Christians, it's a war against Jews, it's a war against even the handful of reasonable, moderate followers of Islam who don't share the radical beliefs that these radical Islamic terrorists have."

The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation's largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization, quickly condemned Walker's remarks Friday afternoon.............

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/scott-walker-islam_55d77f43e4b08cd3359c21c9?c7kfbt9

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Walker is not ready for prime time-nor for that 3am call.



Amanda Terkel ?@aterkel 2h2 hours ago

Scott Walker says there are a “handful of reasonable, moderate followers of Islam.” http://huff.to/1hy6ROy
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[randys1]

1. Yep, and he also wants Women to have illegal back alley abortions and die.

And ANY vote NOT for the democratic candidate IS A VOTE for this

[KamaAina]

2. He must have awfully big hands

There are about a billion Muslims out there.

[Hortensis]

3. Apparently the whole handful lives in Madison since he's not egged just for opening his mouth.

[Sunlei]

4. This is why Scott Walker is the republican primary poll loser and Donald Trump is the poll winner.

Why can't you build a high wall around 'the problem' and deport 11 million like the Republicans Leader promises?

[rug]

5. San Harris will put out a press release now endorsing him.

[thesquanderer]

6. "And some, I assume, are good people."

Hey, it worked for Trump.

[Eugene]

10. You beat me to it.

[underthematrix]

7. I'm guessing what this means is

not all Catholics are pedophiles

[BlueEye]

9. Good one! I'll have to remember that next time I'm debating with my Catholic relatives who think...

Walker is the bee's knees.

"There are a handful of Catholics that are not pedophiles."

A highly effective retort to this Islamophobic garbage pandering.

[Jack Rabbit]

8. Thank you for your interest in the open position, Governor

Please don't call us; we'll call you.

While you waiting, go overdose on some Koch.

[0rganism]

11. that's funny, i work with *much more* than a handful of reasonable moderate Muslims every day

maybe i should spy on them more intensely - some of them could be crazed radicals in disguise.

[WhiteHat]

12. If there's "a handful," how can you tell who's not a psycho-killer?

Maybe, just maybe, there's more than "a handful." Maybe they're a majority. Maybe they're mostly...gasp...just like you and me. Human. Humane. Mostly just concerned with living their lives without interference from a prejudicial government.

The President of the United States is the President of All Americans, of all religions.

[SwankyXomb]

13. There are also a Handful Of Reasonable, Moderate Followers Of Jesus

Unfortunately, none of them are running for the Republican nomination.

[Blue_In_AK]

14. Right...

My 6'4" Muslim son-in-law would be a couple of handfuls all by himself.

[Ken Burch]

15. Scott Walker's views on women's and LGBTQ issues

Are pretty much in line with those of the mullahs.

[trillion]

16. Racist blanket statements that are completely infactual. Wecome to the Republican Party.

He sounds just like Trump who sounds just like the rest of them.

[eppur_se_muova]

17. Big deal. That's true of most religions.

Exhibit A: Evangelical Republicans. Look elsewhere for that handful.