The profile of the 3 congress members praising the coup. Quote Three U.S. lawmakers who have generated controversy for their statements about Islam and Muslim Americans released a video Saturday praising the Egyptian military and thanking it for staging the July 3 and subsequent crackdowns against their “common enemy,” the Muslim Brotherhood. The video, apparently taken a few hours after meeting with coup leader General Abdel Fatah el-Sissi in Cairo, features Rep. Michele Bachmann reading a statement to the camera. She’s flanked by Reps. Steve King and Louie Gohmert. Gohmert compared el-Sissi to George Washington and said the “bloodthirsty Muslim Brothers” want to “destabilize things” and seek “that large caliphate.” (He also said that Egyptian Jews participated in the anti-Morsi movements, which I would find surprising.) I just don’t know who Bachmann, King and Gohmert are talking to who would characterize what’s happened in Egypt with the glowing terms and unmitigated praise they’ve used. Bachmann promised “more freedom, more prosperity and more jobs” were coming. Gohmert exclaimed, “This is a good time.”
Posted on: Sun, 08 Sep 2013 21:53:19 +0000
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