House GOP Leader Defends Bachmann’s Witch Hunt: ‘Her Concern Was About The Security Of The Country’

[sinkingfeeling]

http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/07/27/594621/cantor-bachmann-concern-security/?mobile=nc

A day after making the case for tolerance of gays and Muslims, Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (VA) defended his colleague Rep. Michele Bachmann’s (R-MN) Islamophobic quest to root out supposed Muslim Brotherhood “deep penetration” of the U.S. government. Cantor lent credence to Bachmann’s claims by saying her accusations came from her “concern about the security of the country,” and then professed ignorance about her allegations.

That Cantor would plead ignorance about Bachmann’s quest stretches credulity: the issue has become a national story with nightly news coverage over the past two weeks.

This isn’t Cantor’s first brush with Islamophobia — and, just like the last two days, he’s ended up on both sides of the story before. In 2011, Cantor endorsed fellow Virginia Republican David Ramadan, a practicing Muslim whose successful bid for a seat in the state House of Delegates was opposed by the Islamophobe Frank Gaffney, the progenitor of Bachmann’s charges. Earlier that year, though, Cantor co-hosted a Capitol HIll screening of a film by the Islamophobic Clarion Fund, where Gaffney sits on the board.

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[Kalidurga]

1. Can we please take back the house?

I am tired of this BS. Cantor isn't just covering for the Wicked Tea Hag of the West, he is lying.

[RedStateLiberal]

2. Cantor is way too afraid of the teabaggers

to dare speak out against that kind of blatant Islamaphobia.

The tea party has an incredibly low approval rating. I'll be happy to see him go down with the rest of them.

[truebrit71]

3. So what's the take away here "Yes she's a bigot, but she MEANT well?"

Fuck you Eric Can't-Or...you're STILL too stupid to see that behind closed doors they talk about you the same way Batshit talks about Muslims aren't you?