Democrats defend naming Muslim Congressman to House Intelligence panel

[Douglas Carpenter]

By Associated Press
January 16, 2015 1:06 PM


WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Democrats are defending their appointment of a Muslim congressman to the House Intelligence Committee after protests erupted on social media, warning the move is dangerous.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi this week appointed Rep. Andre Carson of Indiana to the panel, which oversees the government's intelligence departments and activities. Much of the business that comes before the committee is classified.

Anti-Muslim protests erupted on Twitter and other social media with complaints that exposing American secrets to Carson could be dangerous.

Rep. Adam Schiff of California, the senior Democrat on the panel, called the protests un-American. He said including Muslim Americans in public policy issues is "an essential element in preventing the kind of alienation that has made too many young European Muslims vulnerable to extremism."

http://news.yahoo.com/democrats-defend-naming-muslim-house-intelligence-panel-173656959--politics.html

[GeorgeGist]

1. Crush those dwarfs.

[seveneyes]

2. As long as our Constitution is defended above and beyond the religion of a lawmaker

Their belief in fairy tales should not matter.

[brer cat]

3. They shouldn't have to "defend"

that appointment. Besides, we already have a Muslim President, so what's one more looking at all the secret stuff?

[Bluenorthwest]

4. No defense is needed, there are no religious tests for office in the US and Carson in in a seat held

previously by his own grandmother Julia Carson for 5 terms so any questions about his background are absurd and pretty disgusting.

[Fred Sanders]

5. Republicans many not know how to govern but they sure know how to troll.

"Protests in the social media erupted"? What doesn't "erupt" n the social media?

Is that what the fucking MSM has to do to manufacture a story, how the duck do you defend yourself from the fucking social fucking media?

Made up shit by AP??? Have you seen the approval ratings of fucking Congress lately, asshats?

[Archae]

12. Some jackass from the AFA is throwing a snitfit...

She won't be satisfied until Carson is hanged.

Her name is Sandy Rios, and claims Carson is a "terrorist."

[riversedge]

6. Rep Crowley is spot on...

Rep. Joseph Crowley of New York, vice chairman of the Democratic Caucus, called on his colleagues to renounce the attacks.

"We will never be able to grow as a society if we allow this kind of hatred and division to go unchecked," Crowley wrote in a letter to his colleagues.
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[Douglas Carpenter]

7. thank you

[farmbo]

8. Post should read:"Yahoo Promotes Silly Right Wing Tantrum"

Geeze... how is this even a thing in 21st Century America?

[Blue_Tires]

11. +1

[bullwinkle428]

9. If Democrats cave on this, we will hear Joe McCarthy laughing from hell.

[JI7]

10. he is a member of the LGBT caucus, unlikely islamic terrorists whose position on issues are similar

to Republican CHristians in the US would have anything to do with him.

[Fred Sanders]

15. Oh so he is "unlikely" to be a terrorist? I guess he is more likely than most...thanks for the analysis

and thanks for making your views crystal clear. Crystal clear.

Why else in government do you see as "unlikely"?

[jmowreader]

13. They threw the same shit fit over Keith Ellison

[Donald Ian Rankin]

14. how have house and senate Republicans responded?

I'd expect this kind of nonsense from the internet, but has anyone senior either indulged in or condemned it?