The GOP's New Low in Bigotry

Over the last 15 years, Republican politicians have struggled to manage public hostility toward Muslims. After 9/11, President George W. Bush said the United States was not at war with Islam, and Republicansfollowed his lead. Once Bush left office, an angry conservative elite, led by Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin, and Rudy Giuliani, campaigned against the idea of allowing a mosque near Ground Zero. Now, after last week’s attack on Paris, Republicans are converging around a form of prejudice that’s easier to exploit and defend: Muslim refugees, unlike Christians, should be presumed guilty.

 

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