Democrats plan to boycott Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing on Muslim Brotherhood
- Five Senate Democrats boycotted a Judiciary Committee hearing on the Muslim Brotherhood's network in the U.S., calling it a political stunt aimed at scapegoating Muslims rather than addressing serious national security issues.
- Senator Ted Cruz chaired the hearing and criticized the Democrats' boycott as an embarrassment and a disservice to American victims of terrorism linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, including Hamas attacks.
- The hearing proceeded without Democratic participation and featured counterterrorism expert witnesses discussing proposals to designate the Muslim Brotherhood and its branches as terrorist organizations.
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Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle skip out on Ted Cruz's hearing full of anti-Muslim conspiracies
The Texas Republican's colleagues on both sides of the aisle blew off the hearing, and one referred to it as a 'political creepshow.' The post Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle skip out on Ted Cruz’s hearing full of anti-Muslim conspiracies appeared first on San Antonio Current.
Cruz sounds alarm on Muslim Brotherhood network as Democrats boycott hearing
Cruz said the post-Oct. 7 encampments reflected years of organized activism rather than spontaneous protest and accused CAIR-linked groups of providing legal and strategic support to campus organizers. By Corey Walker, The Algemeiner Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) used a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing Wednesday to argue that the United States has failed to confront what he and three witnesses described as an enduring Muslim Brotherhood infrastructu…
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American Wire NewsEmpty Democrat seats steal the spotlight at hearing on Muslim Brotherhood influence
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz ripped Democrats a new one on Wednesday after they boycotted a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Muslim Brotherhood. “You may notice that […]
Every Democrat Skipped Ted Cruz’s Muslim Brotherhood Hearing — Then The Testimony Got Worse
Every Democrat assigned to a Senate Judiciary subcommittee had a chance Wednesday to confront serious testimony about the Muslim Brotherhood’s alleged network inside the United States. Not one of them showed up. Sen. Ted Cruz opened the hearing by pointing to five empty Democratic chairs and asking why terrorism was not worth even a single member’s time. The boycott was not accidental. Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse, Richard Blumenthal, Mazie Hirono, …
Dems in the hot seat for skipping crucial hearing on radical group hiding in US: ‘Embarrassment’
Democratic lawmakers were missing during Wednesday's Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing as they skipped a hearing on the Muslim Brotherhood’s alleged network inside the United States, drawing a blistering rebuke from Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. "You may notice that there are empty chairs on the Democrat side of the dais," Cruz said as he opened the hearing by pointing out that every Democratic member of the subcommittee refused to attend. "The A…
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