Congressman: People ‘With A Middle Eastern Background That We Can’t Verify Should Be ‘Out Of the Country’
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Florida Congressman Ted Yoho has a horrific idea that mirrors Donald Trump’s Islamophobia.
(Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Yoho…said yesterday that the U.S. needs to look at “the people that are here that shouldn’t be here” and “if they have a Middle Eastern background that we can’t verify, they need to be out of the country.”
Yoho did not specify what he meant by people who “shouldn’t be here” or what the verification process would be in his comments, which he made during an
on “The Palin Update,” a radio show hosted by Sarah Palin enthusiasts.
“If you look at what the role of the federal government is, its number-one role is to provide for the common defense of the United States of America,” he said. “And we need to look at securing our border, we need to look at enforcing the laws on the books. The people that are here that shouldn’t be here, we need to have a way of vetting and screening them. If they have a Middle Eastern background that we can’t verify, they need to be out of the country.”
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