On March 7, Iowa Congressman Steve King (R) said "The radical Islamists, the al-Qaida ... would be dancing in the streets in greater numbers than they did on Sept. 11 because they would declare victory in this war on terror" if Barack Obama were elected president. He added, "His middle name does matter. It matters because they read a meaning into that."
This is an outrage!
Readers from around the globe visit this blog and I'm calling on all of you to take action or these types of attacks on our culture will increase. We cannot let him get away with this ugliness.
Do not let Congressman King, the Ranking Member of House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security and International Law, off the hook for making these bigoted and inflammatory statements! Call your member of Congress and express your belief that King should be formally censured by Congress. You can visit the Arab American Institute website and find out who your representative is, and how to contact him or her.
Do you think it might have been a mistake? Well, this guy is so full of himself that he posted a transcript of his remarks on the top of his homepage.
Check out the Huffington Post's article on this along with comments from AAI's Jim Zogby and from John Ridley.
Yalla, get going and join in the action against him and his remarks. If you need help taking action, please contact Leigh O'Neill, AAI Government Relations and Policy Analyst, at 202.429.9210.
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