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Newt Gingrich defends Michele Bachmann’s controversial anti-Muslim campaign
While many Republicans have been rushing to distance themselves from Minnesota Congresswoman Rep. Michele Bachmann’s recent campaign to root out what she believes are Islamic infiltrators in the U.S. government, one former presidential primary rival is coming to her aid. Former Speaker of the House Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-GA) said…
Bachmann target gets extra protection following threat
Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin has been placed under police and federal protection after being threatened by a New Jersey man, Newser reports. Abedin, the secretary of state’s deputy chief of staff, had been accused by Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) of infiltrating the U.S. government on behalf of radicals in…
Report cited by Bachmann claims Norquist linked to Muslim Brotherhood
Anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist helped the Muslim Brotherhood infiltrate the U.S. government, according to the report that Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) cited in an attack on top State Department aide Huma Abedin. Earlier this month, Bachmann and four other Republicans sent a letter to inspectors general in the State, Homeland…
Bachmann: Rep. Ellison has ‘long record’ with Muslim Brotherhood
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) on Thursday responded to criticism over her attacks on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s deputy chief of staff, Huma Abedin, by claiming that Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) also had a “long record” of association with radical Islamists in the Muslim Brotherhood. Last week, the St. Cloud…
Gohmert and Napolitano clash over alleged Muslim infiltration
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) on Thursday suggested that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security had been infiltrated by the Muslim Brotherhood. At a House Judiciary Committee hearing, Gohmert questioned DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano about Mohamed Elibiary, a Muslim appointed to the Homeland Security Advisory Council in 2010. Conservative publications have…
Michele Bachmann Runs From Her Own Conspiracy Theories
This video caught my eye in no small part because it’s miracle enough that it caused me to momentarily question my atheism. It shows Michele Bachmann, faced with a chance to talk on camera, instead choosing to run away. I know there’s a first for everything, but after seeing this,…
Rep. Ellison blasts Bachmann for ‘regurgitated nonsense’ about Muslim infiltration
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) on Tuesday night said he was not convinced by a sixteen page report he received from his colleague Michele Bachmann about the Muslim Brotherhood. “It’s sixteen pages worth of nothing,” he said on CNN. “It is sixteen pages worth of repeated false allegations, just regurgitated nonsense.…
Ron Reagan: If crazy were people, Bachmann would be China
Political analyst Ron Reagon on Monday slammed Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) for claiming the Muslim Brotherhood had infiltrated the United States government. “If crazy were people, Michele Bachmann would be China,” he told MSBNC host Chris Matthews. Bachmann claims the U.S. government could be compromised by the Muslim Brotherhood because…
Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first Islamist president
CAIRO — Egyptian president-elect Mohamed Morsi is to become the first Islamist head of state in the Arab world’s most populous nation after being declared winner in a divisive run-off with ex-premier Ahmed Shafiq. Morsi, one of the leaders of the powerful Muslim Brotherhood, has pledged that Egypt under his…
More protests planned against Egypt military ‘coup’
Egypt’s political forces have called for more protests on Friday against the ruling military’s power grab, as the nation nervously awaits the results of the first post-Mubarak presidential election. Hundreds of people spent the night in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, with more protests planned for Friday afternoon, the Muslim Brotherhood and…
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