Values Voter Summit Day 1 Recap

[struggle4progress]

Hatewatch Staff
September 26, 2015

The Values Voter Summit (VVS) has begun in Washington ... Marco Rubio attacked refugees and asked, “When's the last time you saw a boat load of American refugees arriving at another country?" ... Ted Cruz threatened to kill the Allotolah of Iran ... Rick Santorum .. called for the mass deportation of .. undocumented immigrants ... Ben Carson ... went on to blend anti-immigrant fears and anti-Muslim rhetoric when he claimed immigrants coming in from Mexico are "from Iraq and Syria and Russia and many of them are hardened criminals" ... Bobby Jindal claimed Planned Parenthood is "selling baby parts all across our country." David Daleiden .. compared Planned Parenthood officials to slave traders ... Gary Bauer .. demonized Muslims ... The day concluded with an award ceremony for Kim Davis ...

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2015/09/26/values-voter-summit-day-1-recap-anti-immigrant-and-anti-lgbt-sentiment-prevails

[leftofcool]

1. So sorry I missed the party.

[struggle4progress]

2. Values Voter Summit Day 2 Recap

Hatewatch Staff
September 27, 2015

... A panel on “national security” was moderated by Boykin. Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney told the VVS crowd, "We are continuously allowing ISIS to kill our Christian soldiers" ... Brigitte Gabriel, head of the largest grassroots anti-Muslim group in the country .. called Islam, “A political movement cloaked in a religion” ... Sandy Rios, a staffer at .. American Family Association told the audience, "The First Amendment cannot be applied to Islam the way it is to other religions!" ... Cathy Hinners .. lamented the fact that “prestigious” universities have Muslim Student Associations ... Clare Lopez .. said that mosques are "only sometimes used as a place of worship and devotion" but are for "weapons caches" and "expanding jihad."

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2015/09/27/values-voter-summit-day-2-recap-anti-muslim-rhetoric-dominates-discussion

[leftofcool]

4. Looks as bad as day 1

[murielm99]

3. I get several publications from the Southern Poverty Law Center

throughout the year. I hope they report extensively on this gathering.

I just won't be able to read them while I am eating lunch or a snack.