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Muslim congressman confronts Peter King: Profiling is ‘ineffective law enforcement’
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), who is a Muslim, told Rep. Peter King (R-NY) on Sunday that he was making a mistake with calls to profile the Islamic community in the United States because similar actions in the past had created a “national stain” on the country. NBC host David Gregory…
Feinstein calls out Peter King’s Islamophobia and ‘hatred’ for Muslims
Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA) on Sunday lashed out at New York Rep. Peter King (R) for creating “disdain and hatred” for Muslims following last week’s bombing in Boston. Fox News host Chris Wallace asked King in a Sunday interview if he agreed that “political correctness be damned, we have to…
Republican leaders’ pledge Sandy relief funds after day of stinging criticism
The embattled Republican leadership in the House of Representatives promised to settle the issue of Sandy relief funds within the next two weeks, after a day of excoriating criticism from senior GOP figures. A vote on a $9bn proposal towards Hurricane Sandy flood insurance will be held on Friday, while…
Peter King rips House GOP for skipping out on Sandy relief bill
Rep. Peter King (R-NY) took to the House of Representatives floor on Tuesday night to slam his fellow lawmakers for not voting on a relief package for victims of Hurricane Sandy. “Tonight’s action not to hold this vote is morally indefensible,” King said. “There are thousands and thousands of people…
Peter King to O’Brien: Administration is covering up Libya attack details
In a Tuesday interview with Soledad O’Brien, Rep. Peter King (R-NY) accused President Barack Obama’s administration of covering up the facts behind last month’s attack on a U.S. consulate building in Benghazi, Libya. When O’Brien suggested that King wasn’t going as far as former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani…
Rep. Peter King calls on UN envoy Susan Rice to resign over Libya attack
A top Republican lawmaker demanded Friday that US Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice resign, charging she misled Americans over the assault on the US consulate in Benghazi. Congressman Peter King’s intervention was the latest effort by Republicans to make the White House pay a political price over the…
Soledad O’Brien calls out Peter King over Obama ‘apology tour’ myth
Rep. Peter King (R-NY) found himself being grilled by CNN host Soledad O’Brien on Monday about the claim President Barack Obama had gone on an “apology tour” — and the congressman was unable to name a single instance in which the president had apologized for the United States. After the…
During anti-Muslim hearing, Dem calls for ‘hearing on the radicalization of Christians’
Texas Congressman Al Green (D) says he wouldn’t mind Rep. Peter King (R-NY) repeatedly calling hearings on “radical Islam” if he would also conduct a “hearing on the radicalization of Christians.” During a Wednesday House Homeland Security Committee hearing on “The Radicalization of Muslim-Americans,” Green wondered why the chairman had…
Peter King: Drones ‘carry out the policies of righteousness and goodness’
House Homeland Security Chairman Peter King (R-NY) on Sunday refused to confirm the existence of U.S. drone strikes in other countries, but later insisted that the unmanned flying machines were being used to “carry out the policies of righteousness and goodness.” During an interview on CNN, host Candy noted that…
Woman who threatened Rep. Peter King shot to death by police
A Muslim woman who allegedly sent “suspicious” packages to New York Rep. Peter King and New York state Sen. Greg Ball in November was shot to death by police on Christmas morning in Marietta, Georgia, according to the Atlanta-Journal Constitution. Jameela Cecila Barnette allegedly attacked a Cobb County police officer…
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