California is not noted for rational politicians, see Babs, DiFi and Governor Moonbeam. That extends to the House, from Loretta Sanchez, via Donald Douglas, American Power [1]:
“But certainly, we know that there is a small group, and we don’t know how big that is — it can be anywhere between 5 and 20%, from the people that I speak to — that Islam is their religion and who have a desire for a caliphate and to institute that in anyway possible, and in particular go after what they consider Western norms — our way of life,”
Lord knows where Sanchez got her numbers. I do question her math. Up to one in five Muslims being violent revolutionaries does not qualify as a small number. Democrat logic, up to one in five Muslim immigrants want to abolish our form of government and abolish human rights, but we don’t need to bother to vet them at all.
Allah Pundit, questions Sanchez’s assertion, but leaves with this tease, from Hot Air [2]:
Is there any meaningful distinction between supporting terrorism to bring about a caliphate and supporting ISIS in particular? I guess you could dial in on the word “terrorism,” e.g. fighting Assad for territory is fine but flying planes into American skyscrapers is unnecessary and unacceptable. Anyone think the pro-ISIS crowd would parse things that finely?
Exit question: Trump/Sanchez 2016?
The Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton model of refusing to distinguish between immigrants who practice Islam as their religion, and those who subscribe to as a political belief is utterly insane.