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Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl said the U.S. embassy in Cairo's condemnation of an anti-Muslim film as bigotry amid protests was "like a judge telling the woman that got raped, you asked for it because of the way you dressed," The New York Times's Jonathan Weisman reports. Kyl was speaking at a press gaggle Wednesday, Roll Call's Meredith Shiner writes. She compared Ky's statement to the one put out by Sen. John McCain:
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Some congressional Republicans -- like McConnell and John Boehner -- have decided not to talk about the White House's response to the protests (a response Mitt Romney attacked as "disgraceful" Tuesday and Wednesday) after the death of U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and three other state department workers. But Kyl is not following their lead.
For the record, here is the embassy's statement that supposedly blames victims for violence. The embassy in Egypt posted this statement before the protests began and the ambassador was killed in Libya:
The Embassy of the United States in Cairo condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions. Today, the 11th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, Americans are honoring our patriots and those who serve our nation as the fitting response to the enemies of democracy. Respect for religious beliefs is a cornerstone of American democracy. We firmly reject the actions by those who abuse the universal right of free speech to hurt the religious beliefs of others.
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2012/09/kyl-compares-cairo-embassy-tweet-blaming-rape-victim/56794/
cali
(114,904 posts)repukes are shameless fuckwad shitstains. how dare they. kyl and rMoney know damned well that the statement put out by the embassy was issued hours before anything happened.]
I heartily wish them the very worst.
rfranklin
(13,200 posts)Why do they hate our freedoms?
librechik
(30,674 posts)It's only built for one.
sinkingfeeling
(51,445 posts)tanyev
(42,552 posts)Jennicut
(25,415 posts)It is disgusting and creepy.
reformist2
(9,841 posts)Sugarcoated
(7,722 posts)twisting themselves in endless knots trying to make their crazy extreme ideology make sense, and everything the President does seem wrong.