Posted on 03/10/2011 10:25:43 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
WASHINGTON — Minnesota Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim congressman, gave emotional testimony Thursday to a House of Representatives committee hearing on radicalization in the U.S. Muslim community.
Tearfully describing the story of a Muslim-American first-responder paramedic who died on September 11, 2001, Ellison criticized New York Republican Rep. Peter King for leading the controversial hearings that have reignited a national debate over how to combat a spate of home grown terrorism.
"Mohammed Salman Hamdani was a fellow American who gave his life for other Americans," Ellison said, his voice trembling. "His life should not be defined as a member of an ethnic group or a member of a religion, but as an American who gave everything for his fellow citizens."
"This committee's approach to violent extremism is contrary to American values and threatens our security," Ellison said. The congressman tried to hide his tears behind his papers and quickly left the room after his remarks.
The senior Democrat in the House, Michigan Representative John Dingell, urged King and the committee to ensure that their investigation would not "blot the good name or the loyalty or raise questions about the decency of Arabs or Muslims or other Americans."
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"King insisted the hearing was the logical response to Obama administration warnings over a very real threat."
Did the congressman weep for the soldiers dead and maimed at Ft. Hood?
Cry me a river. Cry me a whole damn hurricane.
The guy he was talking about is not what these hearings are about. It’s about the radicalization of Islam. He is trying to change the subject.
Taqqiya tears.
Weeped with joy.
“There is nothing radical or un-American in holding these hearings,” King said Thursday.
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Why on Earth would he have to feel that he must say that ???
Weve come a long way down when sticking up for America must be explained
God Bless America
P*ssy.
Oh, wait.......I may be mistaken.
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Did anyone tell him he is a corrupt Muslim scum? Or would that be racist?
You watched that on an old Twilight Zone episode...
Ellison changed the subject.
Yes.....while in a post-operative sedation fog.
No one would have died had sixteen of Ellison’s brethren not committed the most heinous act of terrorism in the history of the world.
This committee’s approach to violent extremism is contrary to American values and threatens our security....
Ass backwards as usual......
Did he cry when Daniel Pearl and the others where beheaded? Did he cry for Fort Hood? Does he cry for the Christians that are being killed right now in the ME? Does he cry for the women who get acid thrown in their faces? What a tool.
Is he upset at 9/11? Did he cry then??????
has he jerked a tear over any dead American soldier?
has he been to any military funerals in Minnesoota?
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