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Post by bot on Feb 5, 2017 18:31:01 GMT -5
Hoyer Statement After Congressional Democrats Gather to Protest President Trump's Muslim Ban
WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement tonight after joining Congressional Democrats on the steps of the United States Supreme Court to protest President Trump's Muslim ban:
“I was proud to stand shoulder-to-shoulder tonight on the steps of the Supreme Court with my Democratic colleagues and with a multitude of Americans who came out to protest the Trump Administration’s actions. The Trump Administration’s Muslim ban not only presents an unconstitutional religious test and undermines our values but weakens our security too. It feeds into ISIS’s message to those on the fringes of society and susceptible to radicalization that our nation is somehow at war with Islam itself or that America does not truly live up to its greatness as a refuge to those seeking freedom and opportunity. But those who gathered tonight in front of the Supreme Court – spilling out across the street and onto the U.S. Capitol grounds – and the tens of thousands who spontaneously came together at airports and in public spaces in cities across our land know better. We recognize that America remains the land of the free and home of the brave, unafraid of those who speak different languages or worship in different ways. We recognize the age-old truth that America has a place for all who are called to the American Dream.”
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