A surprising and welcomed update on this story.
In our less-than-perfect world, this is the minimum of what American elected officials should do when they have been proven wrong by the facts. Kudos to Twin Falls Idaho City Councilman and former mayor Greg Lanting for having the decency to not double down like the Washington D.C. ruling elite usually do, but rather (in his own words) to “apologize… to try to make amends and… make an additional contribution [to the victim’s GoFundMe account].”
The public apology of Councilman Lanting is but a first step, however, as reporter Lee Stranahan notes in the video interview accompanying the Breitbart story below. There are larger issues for Twin Falls and for the nation which now need to be addressed.
Our hope is that Councilman Lanting’s apology might prove to be the last nail in the coffin of Muslim immigration to the US. It is a tacit acknowledgment that mass Muslim immigration is not only a bad idea open to debate, but is actually a deadly threat to Americans, and should be suspended immediately.
Let’s accept Councilman Lanting’s apology in good faith, and redouble our efforts to halt Muslim immigration, for the safety of all Americans, especially our children.
“Twin Falls Politician Apologizes Personally to Family, Girl Victim, for Facebook Refugee-Rape Rant,” by Lee Stranahan, Breitbart News, August 16, 2016:
TWIN FALLS, IDAHO—City Councilman and former mayor Greg Lanting personally apologized Tuesday afternoon to the parents of a five-year-old girl whose daughter had been sexually assaulted by refugee boys in June at the Fawnbrook apartments, for comments he made about the family last week on Facebook.
“He was sincere,” the mother of the Twin Falls victim told Breitbart News exclusively. “You could see it in his eyes.”
The Tuesday meeting with the parents comes after Lanting admitted Monday evening that he “was wrong” in his Facebook criticism of the family. As Twin Falls TV Station KMVT reports:
Monday night’s Twin Falls City Council meeting began with a public apology from council member Greg Lanting after a Facebook comment he made over the weekend regarding the Fawnbrook case made internet headlines.
Lanting says that he did not delete the post but that maybe the original poster did.
He said he would like to make amends to the family in whatever capacity he could.
“I was wrong, I would like to apologize and I went on to try to make amends and if somebody could tell me, I could no longer find the liberty of justice Go Fund Me account,” said council member Greg Lanting. “I’d like to make an additional contribution.”
Lanting’s apology was a tacit admission of the accuracy of an article which Breitbart News published over the weekend. Breitbart reported that Lanting had said on Facebook:
You realize these Internet Fake news agencies can LIE all they want and can never be proven wrong. The case is sealed we will never know more than we know now. Another obvious lie is the child does not live with the father. The police and now the courts have had the video since the night of the assault. The father as far as I know it is not even involved with the child. All Caps no way he saw the video. I doubt they even talked to him. Let justice be served and let this child have a chance at a normal life without making up lies about what happened to her. The police and the courts are doing every thing according to state law!!!
As Lanting has now admitted, the victim’s father has always been involved with the child and the father did, in fact, watch 30 seconds of video of the assault, as we have exclusively reported previously.
The mother of the five-year-old victim confirmed to Breitbart News that she had received no apology, either private or public, from Mr. Lansing prior to the meeting. The mother said that a friend of the family had spoken to the City Councilman after the meeting, and that the friend thought that Lanting’s apology was sincere.
Aside from the dramatic admission by Greg Lanting, the coverage of Lanting’s apology by local TV station KMVT was also notable, given the bias in their recent coverage of the refugee controversy as noted by Breitbart News.
After previously running a news story that portrayed the local activists as racist and ignored their call for presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump to come to the Twin Falls area, KMVT this time presented a balanced view of both Lanting’s apology and the reaction to it. The new station even went as far as to post an interview with this reporter in its entirety on their website.
As Breitbart News point out in the interview, Twin Falls has had three criminal incidents involving Muslim refugees since June. Aside from the assault on the five-year-old girl, the weekend before last eight refugee molested a 33-year-old retarded woman and prior to that a another refugee was arrested for coming back to Twin Falls to kill people that he’d met in the refugee program.
Concerns about violence or criminal behavior by refugees is just one concern of local activists, who also have broad concerns about the economic and societal impact of bringing in low-skill refugees, most of whom are Islamic.
Breitbart News has reported that refugees are being imported as cheap labor for local industry, such as the Chobani Yogurt factory…
Read the full report, with an outstanding video interview of Breitbart reporter Lee Stranahan, here.
mortimer says
Greg Lanting did the right thing by apologizing. He should repent completely by studying the JIHAD DOCTRINE and the RAPE DOCTRINE of Islam. These hideous doctrines permit Muslims to commit cruelties and atrocities against disbelievers.
There is no purpose served by our Western elites continuing to be uninformed, gullible and naïve about Islam’s normative doctrines of hostility towards disbelievers.
Gungadin says
WELL SAID Mortimer !!! Kudos to you!!
WTF says
So many girls, boys, women raped and killed by iSSlam. So much shame on the leaders in the US and Europe.
Too little too late…
Berengaria says
We can say that we forgive our Leaders for their betrayal of American citizens, but you know we will never forget. I hate most of these Political Hacks, but Mayors, Councilmen & police chiefs are especially brutal to the People who voted them into Office. Their vicious anti-American views, should never be forgotten, & I will never forgive these Wannabe Muslims. From Paul Ryan to the Obama Regime, we will never forgive or forget. Brutal, Stinking DEMS ARE NOT AMERICANS.
Gungadin says
Traitorous might be a good description of the lot of them !!
Jay Boo says
Too many Hillary supporters in the MSM often allows politicians to get away with such statements in the first place. Democrat Party voters have no shame.
Sophie Maele says
Lanting realized two things:
1. Considering his public position, his Facebook rant might be actionable.
2. He wants to keep his phony-baloney city council job.
Kay says
I’m glad Lanting apologized.
I can understand that in his prior statements, he thought he was being truthful and just. After all, he had been lied to repeatedly. I’m sure that his colleagues who he trusted and media who he trusted had led him to believe what he previously said. Snopes was on the side of the lies as well.
We need people to “wake up.” This man has now seen that his easy sources of information need to be questioned. He’s starting to see the bigger picture.
That he made this initial step of “waking up” publicly should help to embolden others to also start questioning what they’ve heretofore believed.
Lynne says
Why aren’t the people who lied to him being outed? They are part and parcel of the abuse of this little innocent girl.
jihad3tracker says
HERE IS AN IMPORTANT ITEM UP AT PAM GELLER’S BLOG —
https://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2016/08/16/islamic-leader-tells-muslims-to-change-sioux-falls-convert-non-muslims/
(As of now — 11 AM Eastern time August 17) it is at the homepage lead. The video is a recording of a prominently-Brotherhood connected Muslim URGING THAT SIOUX FALLS SOUTH DAKOTA be targeted as a complete “conversion-to-Islam” city — Dawah — during the next decade.
If any of you readers have relatives or friends in South Dakota, please ask them to forward this to their Republican federal and state senators and representatives. WHAT THIS GUY SAYS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF STEALTH JIHAD AT STAGE ONE.
Jay Boo says
These politicians should come out of their exclusive Cul de Sac suburbs and gated communities once in a while.
Let them move to an apartment near a No-Go Muslim area to experience first hand what we have to deal with.
Jay Boo says
Off topic
This guy looks like a twin of travel show host Rudy Maxa.
http://rudymaxasworld.com/
Angemon says
My question is: what made him change his mind. Was it genuine acknowledgement that the actions he took were wrong or is it simply a PR manoeuvre to escape bad press?
Allan says
Only 50,000 people in that town. He became worried that he wouldn’t be able to buy groceries, eat in a restaurant, buy gas, find a competent plumber, etc.
Berengaria says
I am not in a forgiving mood of this pompous ass, Lanting. He said & no doubt did everything he could, . to intimidate the Little Girl & her family. Kick his Muslim-Hugging ass further North, he could start a new life in Canada, after adopting the Muslim Monkeys, who tortured this little Girl. She will not forget what these Muslim Blacks & Lanting did to her. He is a political Tool, sue this public Official.
Lioness says
Agree. Just PR because the wind shifted. He is still scum. And I don’t want him in Canada, we have enough of our own left wing maggots flying around.
Berengaria says
Thanks Lioness Says, I ‘m sorry that I rashly told Lanting, the Serial Politician, to go North to Canada, I now see your point. This guy is the worst kind of Politician, blows with the wind & destroys a child & her family, then, drives off, as if it were the Victim’s fault.
Jack Diamond says
Assuming his conscience bothered him and not just the bad publicity, is Lanting also going to continue in his role as “a vocal advocate for the refugee program (who) earlier this year begin to act as a go-between on the issue”?
Is Lanting going to help this family live securely and free from harassment and intimidation by the “neighbors” he has helped bring into Twin Falls? Is the Twin Falls City Council going to continue and treat those who question the sanity of the Muslim refugee project as “right-wing conspiracy kooks” and “anti-Muslim bigots”?
It might also be useful to investigate the financial relationship between the city and state and the
a company like Chobani that employs Muslim migrants and whose owner Hamdi Ulukaya is a billionaire and at the center of the movement to bring in Muslim refugees en masse. As well as the College of Southern Idaho, which works through the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants,
and similar facilitators in Idaho. On a where there’s smoke there’s fire basis.
Trico says
Unfortunately Politicians the words cannot be trusted EVER. If Twin Falls Idaho City Councilman Greg Lanting is sincere maybe we can capitalize on that sincerity. Would Judicial Watch send Councilman Greg Lanting the following link to a Graphic video on Sharia Law In Action. Councilman Greg Lanting and every other non-Muslim Politician needs to get Edumacated. The Muslim Politicians already know these atrocities go on.
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Brought to YOU by “The Religion Of Peace”:
Graphic Video WARNING: A 19 Year Old Afghan Girl Refused Arranged Marriage. Under Sharia Law She Is Stoned To Death.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iz1c1UNCrE
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I found this video to be very disturbing as you most likely will also. It’s particularly disturbing because the entire Western World now has to confront this vile Ideology posing as religion.
If certain Muslim and Leftists Democrats get their way, those words above would not be regarded as Free Speech bit Hateful Rhetoric.
In case you’ve forgotten, I want to remind you of H.Res.569.
On 12/17/2015, Democrats introduced a Bill, H.Res.569 which attacks free speech while sucking up to Islam and Muslims.
“H.Res.569 Condemning violence, bigotry, and hateful rhetoric towards Muslims in the United States”.
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“The bill provides protections for one specific religion, Islam, and no other. There is no provision for Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Baha’ism, Mormonism, or even Scientology. The Democrats have gone out of their way to be the guardians of the controversial religion of Islam.”
http://www.uschronicle.com/double-standard-house-resolution-strikes-free-speech-banning-negative-comments-islam-makes-no-restrictions-negative-comments-christianity-judaism/
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I checked the current status of the Bill at Congress .gov
and this was the result:
01/15/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. Type of Action: Committee Consideration
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Take action. Do not let H.Res.569 pass.
Jay Boo says
Battered infidel Syndrome
If we treat Muslims migrants even nicer and kiss their hinnies, they will not be able to help themselves from liking us even more.
It may seem counter-intuitive to the Lefties, but …
Muslim bullies are cowards who ENJOY despising weakness.
That is why Hillary should be place inside a nattered infidel shelter for treatment and counseling.
Kay says
Exactly.
It’s similar to the psychology of dealing with an abuser or bully. Someone finally has to stand up to ‘him.’
This way of being nicer and nicer doesn’t work because their is an implicit belief that the Ms will feel ashamed of their misogyny and brutality. But with their false prophet and other books to follow, it won’t happen.
But oh, our own false guilt is powerful. These charges of racism and bigotry will powerfully keep people silent and ignorant.
jewdog says
The refugees are being imported for cheap labor for a yogurt factory. Let me repeat: There is nothing so expensive as cheap labor.
Trico says
“The refugees are being imported for cheap labor for a yogurt factory.”
Yogurt Factory Manager: “Haazim, did you wash your hands before handling the ice cream scoop?”
Haazim: “Yes Manager, I always wash my hands before I clean my ass”
Carolyne says
Because I am aware of the hygiene (Or lack thereof) mandated by the Koran, i.e. wiping one’s butt after defecating with one’s bare left hand, I will never again buy Chobani yogurt. The thought of it now makes me ill.
linnte says
Yes and this is the message we need to get out to people! I am sure those Chobani workers are required to wear gloves, by law, but that means they have to put those gloves ON. Not only feces contaminated but the rate of Africans bearing HIV and TB is profoundly high. Yuck!
This isn’t just about screwing the Chobani factory owners who are Muslim. It’s about health and safety, because MILK products and my food products for that matter, are prone to grow bacteria.
Trico says
“food products for that matter, are prone to grow bacteria.”
Bacteria grow in a moist warm environment, above 40degrees F and below 140 degrees F. That’s the Food Temperature Safety Zone.
What is of real concern from feces contaminated hands are pathogens which not only can make you very ill but kill you and are not the garden variety of bacteria which exists everywhere.
“The CDC estimates that 76 million foodborne illness, or food poisoning, cases occur in the United States every year, which means that one in four Americans contracts a foodborne illness annually after eating foods contaminated with such pathogens as E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella, Hepatitis A, Campylobacter, Shigella, Norovirus, and Listeria.”
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“Cryptosporidium Food Poisoning… aka Crypto is a parasite found in food and water that has been contaminated by feces from humans or animals”
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“Norovirus is usually transmitted from the feces to the mouth, either by drinking contaminated food or water or by passing from person to person”
http://www.foodborneillness.com/sitemap
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YUCK!
linnte says
I am a retired RN, Trico. This stuff you posted is excellent. My little tablet doesn’t allow me to copy/paste anything. People wonder why foods somehow make people die from food bourn illnesses! Even pet foods are sometimes dangerous and have had to be recalled. Ann Corcoran has just posted on her blog regarding refugee resettlement and how the food industry are getting refugees via lotteries for placing them so they can work in these places! Considering many refugees come from Africa, rife with HIV and TB, and they are not screened for disease, this is a HUGE problem!
Trico says
“Considering many refugees come from Africa, rife with HIV and TB, and they are not screened for disease, this is a HUGE problem!”
HUGE PROBLEM which will only get HUGER if Obama & Hillary Have their way .
VOTE TRUMP. It’s our only chance to end this unless the People rise up and reclaim their Power.
“Sorry bud, I’m doing PokemonGo”.
“No time mister, I have to try out my new Selfie Stick”
“Rise Up? Are you kidding? The Bachelor is making his final selection tonight. I think he’ll give the rose to Rosalee”
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“Health Expert Blasts CDC: Ignores Own Study, Allows Refugees Into U.S. Without Latent TB Screening”
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/05/20/public-health-expert-blasts-cdc-ignoring-study-allowing-refugees-u-s-without-latent-tuberculosis-screening-treatment/
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“House of Cards: Paul Ryan’s Campaign to Mislead Voters on His Immigration Stance”
“Speaker Ryan ushered through Congress an omnibus spending bill that completely funded President Obama’s still-running 2012 executive amnesty for DREAMers. His bill also gave federal grants to sanctuary cities, as well as funding the resettlement of illegal aliens within the United States, the release of criminal aliens, and tax credits for illegal aliens.”
-Breitbart
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Headlines:
“Obama Administration Defies Court’s Directive; Settles Syrians in Texas Without Advance Notice or Information”
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“Obama actions shield most illegals from deportation even as courts stall amnesty”
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“Clinton Releases Plan to Dissolve U.S. Border Within 100 Days”
(of her Administration)
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“Census Data: 10 Million New Immigrants to Enter U.S. During President Hillary Clinton’s First Term”
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“Obama expanding refugee program for Central Americans | Fox News”
(Hey, gotta expand the Democratic voter base somehow).
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“Syrian Refugees Spreading Flesh-Eating Disease, Polio, Measles, Tuberculosis, Hepatitis”
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(Note: The Refugees are being passed off as Syrian but many come from elsewhere in Middle East and North Africa.
True vetting is not possible. )
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(Grown “Refugee” men with beards claim to be “unaccompanied children” are put in the same classes as young American girls.)
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“Obama set to give child immigrants refugee status BEFORE they arrive in the US”
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“Adult Illegals Posing as Children to Enroll in High School”
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“Swedish Society Collapsing Amid Horrific Crime Wave From Muslim Refugee Swarm – Now Trying To Stop Onslaught….”
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“Sweden: Rampant Sexual Assaults Steam On | Zero Hedge”
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This Sums Up The “Refugee” Situation:
“Islamic invasion disguised as the displacement and acceptance of refugees”
Muslims are pouring out of Africa and into Europe and elsewhere, allegedly as refugees. In reality this may be a Trojan Horse operation without the horse, playing on the sympathies and good will of non-Muslim countries, in an effort to spread Islam for the purpose of world domination.”
http://akdart.com/hijrah.html
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Trico says
“Considering many refugees come from Africa, rife with HIV and TB, and they are not screened for disease, this is a HUGE problem!”
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“Who The Syrian Refugees Are, Not All Of Them Are Syrian”
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“some of the terrorists who attacked Paris snuck into Europe using fake passports pretending to be Syrian refugees”
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“Syrian nationals to illegally cross our borders”
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“Europe,…is dealing wit…massive amounts of fraud committed by its refugee population. Many aren’t even “refugees.” Rather, they are “migrants”
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“only about half of the people entering Europe in this flood are from Syria.”
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Out of that half:
“about one-third of these self-identified refugees are lying about being Syrian in order to win residency.
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“For as little as $250 and a few days of waiting, you can buy a fake Syrian passport.”
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“Syrian passports are effectively worthless as identification, because of the thriving black market”
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“…and a lack of records from the Syrian government.”
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“a Pew Research Center review of Eurostat data, 72 percent of asylum applicants are male, and over half are men under the age of 40.”
My comment: But this is bogus as most “refugees” claim they lost their ID and many full grown men (often with beards) claim to be “unaccompanied children”
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Is vetting really possible when “refugees” come from a “war-torn country that has few criminal and terrorist databases to check”
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“Senior officials from the FBI, the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), and the Department of Homeland Security ” say:
“we have very little data and lack the intelligence necessary to “properly vet Syrian refugees.”
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“according to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service, more than 90 percent of Syrians applying for refugee status are approved despite the lack of reliable data to verify their identity”
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http://www.nationalreview.com/article/427519/syrian-refugee-crisis-obama-resettle
Lynne says
We don’t want him here in Canada. We have enough of our own idiots, starting with our PM.
linnte says
Please encourage people to BOYCOTT CHOBANI YOGURT! I tell everyone I meet at the grocery store who stands staring at the choices of yogurt. And I tell them why!
Also, someone needs to dig into how many companies in America cater to refugees! I would gladly do it, but my little Nexus is just not able to handle what research would require.
Nan Barr says
I have told ALL my friends about that SHARIA loving owner of that yogurt company and they were shocked!
One said that she would rather eat dirt than that enrich that creepy muslim owner.
Another said she hates that yogurt anyway but would pass the message on to her friends.
Just a few words here and there and we can hurt his business.
Back in the days when the boycott of grapes was going on, activists posted little signs in the grapes at the grocery. Wonder if that had any effect on sales???
linnte says
That’s a great idea! I am going to conspire to do just that! Maybe even a bunch of info onto a folded small piece of paper tucked indiscriminately under each little yogurt container! WOOOHOOO !!!! Haahahahahaha!
Fr. Agathon says
Congratulations to Pamela Geller, Breitbart News, and JIHAD WATCH. Don’t stop.
Gee says
That he made such hateful comments without an iota of facts in the first place is most disturbing. I sure hope the voters remember that fact at the next election in Twin Falss
Christian Nelson says
Lanting needs a blanket party, followed by tar and feathering and a one way ticket to Aleppo.