Rep. Mary Miller Loses It Over 'A Muslim' Speaking In Congress
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"May God have mercy!" said Miller, who tweaked her post to attack Sikhs instead before deleting it all together.

Rep. Mary Miller ― a Republican from Illinois who once praised Adolf Hitler ― wrote, edited and ultimately deleted a social media post decrying “a Muslim” speaking in Congress.

“It’s deeply troubling that a Muslim was allowed to lead prayer in the House of Representatives this morning. This should have never been allowed to happen,” she wrote Friday. “American was founded as a Christian nation, and I believe our government should reflect that truth. May God have mercy!”

The man leading the prayer was guest chaplain Giani Singh, a follower of the Sikh faith, not Islam. Miller’s Republican colleague Rep. Jeff Van Drew (N.J.) introduced him as such on Friday.

  • Treczoks@lemmy.world
    111·
    10 hours ago

    The thought path of a short-minded individual: Turban->Muslim.

    I’m all for a minimum IQ to enter politics. This would probably disqualify 50% of Congress & Senate. And 100% of the cabinet.

    • epicstove@lemmy.caEnglish
      6·
      5 hours ago

      I heard somewhere that one of the first hate crimes against Muslims following 9/11 was against a Sikh person…

    • bss03@infosec.pubEnglish
      2·
      6 hours ago

      IQ is a poor metric (for just about anything).

      We do need to work on election reform so that our elected representatives are more representative. Getting more people to vote (turn out in the U.S. is fairly low), avoiding partizan gerrymandering, using something other than FPtP.

      • Treczoks@lemmy.world
        1·
        23 minutes ago

        That notwithstanding, but being as stupid and uneducated as US politicians regularly appear, such a regulation would be helpful regardless of how they are elected.