“You can point to other countries that have similar problems like Pakistan and others — perhaps we need to take it further. But for now, immediate steps, pulling the Band-Aid off, is to do further vetting for people traveling in and out of those countries.” President Trump is shrewd to have started with the list […]
Robert Spencer in PJ Media: Priebus Calls Aspects of Islam ‘Problematic.’ Are They?
The Trump administration is about to make huge decisions based on the answer. My latest in PJ Media: President-elect Trump’s new chief of staff Reince Preibus touched the political third rail Sunday when he enunciated a truth that is almost universally denied. Even those who know it to be true seldom dare speak it in […]
NBC News tweets out half-quote from Priebus to give impression Trump administration open to Muslim registry
Priebus said: “Look, I’m not going to rule out anything. But, we are not going to have a registry based on religion.” NBC News reported only the first sentence, to give the impression that he was leaving the door open to a Muslim registry, which he had explicitly ruled out. One of the best revelations […]
Priebus on Islam: “Clearly there are some aspects of that faith that are problematic”
A great hue and cry has arisen over these remarks among the best and the brightest; our moral superiors demand that we affirm that there is nothing, nothing whatsoever, problematic about Islam, and anyone who thinks otherwise is “racist” and “Islamophobic.” The fact that Islamic jihadis routinely cite Islamic texts and teachings in order to […]