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Let's see, yesterday someone made the statement here that America is not a racist country (it is a country with undeniably white supremacist origins), there are several individuals here that insists that racism no longer exists in U.S., one of whom believes this presumably because he claims there are no longer any laws which explicitedly allow it (again with the white supremacist origins) and.... oh well, there really is no point in going on when all people do is lie and deny the existence of not just the racist & bigoted element within their ranks, but even the evidence that is right there staring them in the face in black & white (no pun intended)
GOP's anti-Muslim display likening Rep. Omar to a terrorist rocks W. Virginia capitol
"We have allowed national level politics to become a cancer on our state," the House speaker said.
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar in the audience ahead of President Donald Trump's State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 5, 2019.Mandel Ngan / AFP - Getty Images file
March 1, 2019, 1:47 PM PST / Updated March 1, 2019, 2:55 PM PST
By Dareh Gregorian
Angry arguments broke out in the West Virginia statehouse on Friday after the state Republican Party allegedly set up an anti-Muslim display in the rotunda linking the 9/11 terror attacks to a freshman congresswoman from Minnesota.
One staff member was physically injured during the morning's confrontations, and another official resigned after being accused of making anti-Muslim comments.
The display featured a picture of the World Trade Center in New York City as a fireball exploded from the one of the Twin Towers, set above a picture of Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, who's a Muslim.
"'Never forget' - you said. . ." read a caption on the first picture. "I am the proof - you have forgotten," read the caption under the picture of Omar, who is wearing a hijab.
The display was set up as part of "WV GOP Day," which the party advertised on Facebook as a, day when "Republicans Take the Rotunda."
Several Democrats objected to the display, and reportedly got into an argument with the House's sergeant at arms, Anne Lieberman, after she allegedly made an anti-Muslim remark.
Del. Mike Angelucci, D-Marion, charged Lieberman had said "all Muslims are terrorists."
GOP's anti-Muslim display likening Rep. Omar to a terrorist rocks W. Virginia capitol"We have allowed national level politics to become a cancer on our state," the House speaker said.
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar in the audience ahead of President Donald Trump's State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 5, 2019.Mandel Ngan / AFP - Getty Images file
March 1, 2019, 1:47 PM PST / Updated March 1, 2019, 2:55 PM PST
By Dareh Gregorian
Angry arguments broke out in the West Virginia statehouse on Friday after the state Republican Party allegedly set up an anti-Muslim display in the rotunda linking the 9/11 terror attacks to a freshman congresswoman from Minnesota.
One staff member was physically injured during the morning's confrontations, and another official resigned after being accused of making anti-Muslim comments.
The display featured a picture of the World Trade Center in New York City as a fireball exploded from the one of the Twin Towers, set above a picture of Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, who's a Muslim.
"'Never forget' - you said. . ." read a caption on the first picture. "I am the proof - you have forgotten," read the caption under the picture of Omar, who is wearing a hijab.
The display was set up as part of "WV GOP Day," which the party advertised on Facebook as a, day when "Republicans Take the Rotunda."
Several Democrats objected to the display, and reportedly got into an argument with the House's sergeant at arms, Anne Lieberman, after she allegedly made an anti-Muslim remark.
Del. Mike Angelucci, D-Marion, charged Lieberman had said "all Muslims are terrorists."