Virginia GOP Wants AG Herring To Apologize For Visiting A Mosque

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Virginia GOP Wants AG Herring To Apologize For Visiting A Mosque

by Rachel Kurzius in News on Mar 22, 2017 11:12 am

The Republican Party of Virginia wants the state attorney general to apologize "to the victims of Islamic terrorism" for attending a Falls Church mosque.

Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring co-hosted a town hall meeting with the Council on American-Islamic Relations to discuss the impact of President Donald Trump's revised travel ban at Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center on March 17. It also featured a "Citizenship Application Clinic."

The Republican Party of Virginia characterized the event differently. "Herring joined with a Hamas-linked group, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, to host a town hall to oppose the Trump Administration’s efforts to keep Americans safe from terrorism," reads petition on the Republican website, first flagged by The Huffington Post.

CAIR is a Muslim advocacy group that consistently condemns acts of terrorism "out of the convictions of our faith." That has not stopped its critics, including from asserting links with Hamas, which have never been proven. After its national offices were evacuated last year, CAIR spokesperson told DCist that "we receive threats on almost a daily basis."

[underpants]

1. I do say he ought not ta huv gone there

[rogue emissary]

2. He shouldn't and the GOP are just trying to divide Democrats.

Nothing in that article details any evidence of a connection to terrorism. The only thing the GOP sees is their faith and apparently, that's enough to say they're connected to extremist.