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| Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Hamas) in San Diego Saturday, but Location Kept Secret for Safety |
| 2019-12-19 |
| [Times of San Diego] Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, the harsh critic of Israel, will speak at a Town Hall meeting Saturday in San Diego and visit with local groups Sunday, says the sponsoring Council on American-Islamic Relations chapter. But the location won't be made public. Only paid registrants ‐ and some media outlets ‐ will learn the address, organizers said Tuesday. "We have to protect our community. The white supremacists are a real threat," said Dustin Craun, executive director of CAIR's San Diego chapter. Last week, the event advertised as "A Conversation with Rep. Rashida Tlaib" was approved for Westview High School one day and revoked the next by the Poway Unified School District, citing scheduled maintenance of the school's Performing Arts Center. The timing was suspicious to CAIR, since a letter to Poway school officials had just been been sent by the Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund, alleging that Tlaib was anti-Semitic on account of her criticism of Israel and her talk should be canceled to spare a community recovering from April's killing at Chabad of Poway. On Wednesday, Craun said in a news release: "Congresswoman Tlaib's message for our community echoes her work in Congress: to insist that all of us – Muslims, Jewish people, and all vulnerable communities ‐ are only safe if we protect each other, and we must resist all forms of racism together. "Our community's experience could not make it more clear that the same white supremacist violence that threatens Jews, also threatens Muslims. rrriiiiggghhht "The moral to the story is of course Islamophobia will not cancel Rep. Tlaib's visit to San Diego.' "We will, however, have to hide" |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #5 A good way to control those who will be in attendance for a more honest dialogue, camouflaged in a PR stunt. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2019-12-19 16:19 |
| #4 That one is truly a menace. |
| Posted by: Lex 2019-12-19 10:55 |
| #3 Impeach the bitch! |
| Posted by: Raj 2019-12-19 09:20 |
| #2 Sigh... I wish the white supremacists were a real threat. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2019-12-19 08:50 |
| #1 No doubt she's afraid that some feral youth will barge in, leaping up and down and screaming like this animal |
| Posted by: Lex 2019-12-19 01:45 |