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Fear-Mongering of the Worst Order from GOP and Some Democrats

Republicans in Congress and on the campaign trail are using the terrorist attack on Paris to attempt to enact new immigration and refugee restrictions in the United States, using fear-mongering.  Donald Trump and Rep. Steve King (R-IA), two of the men most responsible for the Republican Party’s anti-immigration platform, are leading the charge as much of the GOP—and some Democrats—follow.

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Fear mongering by Republicans

The Washington Times reports on a new Trump video out today, in which the candidate attacks President Barack Obama over his Administration’s plans to continue resettling qualified Syrian refugees in the United States.  In the video Trump says “Refugees are pouring into our great country from Syria. We don’t even know who they are. They could be [Islamic State]. They could be anybody. What’s our president doing? Is he insane?”  Last month, Trump said that if he is elected president, he would deport Syrians who had already been resettled in the U.S.

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Congressman Steve King also has seized upon the attack in Paris, stating that “Europe is so far into decline that if [he] were a pessimist, he would say it’s over for them,” and “It’s time for us to take stock of our culture and civilization and save it from the people who worship at the altar of multiculturalism.”  Not too subtle an apocalyptic prediction, that one, and well in line with his worldview all along.

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) used the attacks to hit a 2016 rival, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), and sent out a campaign email message stating that: “The biggest national security risk facing our country today is being perpetrated by both Republicans and Democrats in Washington who have been cutting deals to make our borders less secure and allow the bad guys access to our country.”  And Ohio Governor John Kasich added his state to the “unwelcome” list for resettled Syrian refugees.

“This is fear-mongering of the worst order,” said Lynn Tramonte, Deputy Director of America’s Voice.  “America is at its best when it leads from hope and determination, not fear and retreat. This entire campaign season, the GOP led by the likes of Donald Trump and Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), have chosen to shamelessly interject fear, hate and paranoia into the debate about immigration in America.  They have abandoned the foundations of our American values and our welcoming society in pursuit of narrow political gain.  Now, in response to the tragedy in Paris, these same demagogues—along with a few Democrats—are exploiting our nation’s fear of terrorism to try to achieve a lockdown they couldn’t obtain otherwise.  Of course they do so without regard to the facts about the strict vetting process in place for all refugees settled in America.  But facts have never been an obstacle for these avaricious politicians when it comes to immigration, so it is no surprise they are applying the same standard when it comes to vulnerable refugees.”

Unfortunately, both House and Senate leadership are scrambling to enact the King-Trump agenda (ideally before Senator David Vitter (R-LA) faces voters again this weekend in Louisiana).  Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) wants to hit the “pause” button on the U.S. refugee program and is advancing legislation to do just that.

Some Democrats (like New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan) are also shrinking from leadership on this issue.  Said Tramonte: “History will not look kindly upon people who reject refugees out of uninformed fears about the screening process.  We need both Republicans and Democrats to stand up for our values, not retreat in fear.”

In an impassioned floor speech today, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) called out the “opportunism” on display by some political candidates and urged leaders to stay true to American values.  He also reminded his audience: “When we sent Jews back to Germany and when we sent Japanese to internment camps, we regretted it and we will regret this as well.”

As Dana Milbank wrote in the Washington Post: “This growing cry to turn away people fleeing for their lives brings to mind the SS St. Louis, the ship of Jewish refugees turned away from Florida in 1939. It’s perhaps the ugliest moment in a primary fight that has been sullied by bigotry from the start. It’s no exaggeration to call this un-American.  Or un-Christian.”

Tramonte concluded: “This is a sad time in the tale of our great nation, yet another time when candidates are playing politics with people’s lives at the expense of basic humanity.  Fortunately, there is a growing chorus of leaders willing to call out politicians seeking to exploit this tragedy.  The question is, how successful will Republicans be at politicizing refugee resettlement and shutting our nation’s doors to the persecuted?  How many Democrats will stand up to their demagoguery?  And how long will it take for us to return to our real American values?”

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Ray Hanania is an award winning political and humor columnist who analyzes American and Middle East politics, and life in general. He is an author of several books.

Hanania covered Chicago Politics and Chicago City Hall from 1976 through 1992 at the Daily Southtown and the Chicago Sun-Times. He began writing in 1975 publishing The Middle Eastern Voice newspaper in Chicago (1975-1977). He later published “The National Arab American Times” newspaper (2004-2007).

Hanania writes weekly columns on Middle East and American Arab issues as Special US Correspondent for the Arab News ArabNews.com, at TheArabDailyNews.com, and at SuburbanChicagoland.com. He has published weekly columns in the Jerusalem Post newspaper, YNetNews.com, Newsday, the Orlando Sentinel, Houston Chronical, and Arlington Heights Daily Herald.

Hanania is the recipient of four (4) Chicago Headline Club “Peter Lisagor Awards” for Column writing. In November 2006, he was named “Best Ethnic American Columnist” by the New American Media. In 2009, Hanania received the prestigious Sigma Delta Chi Award for Writing from the Society of Professional Journalists. He is the recipient of the MT Mehdi Courage in Journalism Award. He was honored for his writing skills with two (2) Chicago Stick-o-Type awards from the Chicago Newspaper Guild. In 1990, Hanania was nominated by the Chicago Sun-Times editors for a Pulitzer Prize for his four-part series on the Palestinian Intifada.

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