The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is one of the most dubious organizations operating in America to date. Supported by Hamas and other militants, CAIR routinely defending terrorism and terrorists. What's more, the group was named an unindicted co-conspirator in one of the country's most significant terror prosecutions in history -- the Holy Land Foundation funding trial. On top of that, CAIR recently engaged in a money laundering scheme to hide the foreign origins of many of its donations.
Despite all this, two CAIR officials will be given the royal treatment Tuesday as Democrat reps Zoe Lofgren (CA) and Alcee Hastings (FL) will host them at the president's State of the Union address.
The two CAIR representatives hail from each of the congressmen's home states, respectively. The Hill reports:
Lofgren will be bringing Sameena Usman, a government relations coordinator in the San Francisco office, while Hastings will host Nezar Hamze, the chief operating officer of the nonprofit's Florida branch.
"This is an opportunity to really drive the point home that there are no Americans who are suspect just based on their religious identity, that all Americans are welcome in the people’s house," Ellison said in an interview with The Hill.
Demoratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) has also urged Democratic lawmakers to bring Muslims to the speech as a rebuke to what she sees is anti-Islamic language from the right.
"The rhetoric and vitriol that has been targeted at this community has been absolutely outrageous and unacceptable," Wasserman Schultz said at a news conference according to The Sun-Sentinel.
"And as a member of a minority religion myself, one that has faced persecution throughout our existence, to me the idea that we would stand idly by and ignore that and not stand up and use our voices to stand up for our brothers and sisters in the Muslim-American community was just unacceptable."
The Hill notes that the announcement comes on the heels of terror-apologist Rep. Keith Ellison's challenge to House Speaker Paul Ryan to bring a Muslim American as a guest to one of his speeches. Obviously, Ellison, Lofgren, Hastings and others of their ilk think CAIR and its officials accurately represent Muslim Americans.
