What started with one congressman’s post has become a coordinated campaign. A senator compared a Ramadan iftar to 9/11. A 40-member caucus is pushing legislation to ban Islamic practice. Nearly half of Republican members of Congress have posted negatively about Muslims. And the speaker of the House says the threat of Shari’a law is “what animates this.”
Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles posted that Muslims “don’t belong in American society” and that “pluralism is a lie.” He is pushing legislation to ban immigration from Muslim-majority countries. Democratic lawmakers called for consequences. Republican leadership stayed silent.
