Muslim delegates and attendees hoping to participate in the state Republican convention were shunned and rejected by members as they espoused themes of party unity ahead of the November election.
@heidilifeldman I will never, so long as I shall live, understand this phenomenon.
And to be clear, I don't just mean people of other religions or other colors. Just people... in general... The Republican party stands against everyone who is not born as a rich white man professing (but not believing) in a very specific brand of Christianity.
@nazokiyoubinbou Some seem desperate to be "one of the good ones". Most of it just seems to be...the average person is much stupider than I ever realize.
And I was always called a pessimist, elitist, or what have you. I'd rather be anything than this.
@nazokiyoubinbou @heidilifeldman https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3800/3800-h/3800-h.htm#chap04
a good place to study this question!
I feel like saying, "what did you expect?"
These extremely conservative men went to the convention believing the Republican rhetoric, that it was about a set of values that they all shared.
Instead, they were told their values didn't matter. They were literally told to go register as Democrats because the Republicans didn't want them. The only thing that mattered was that they were Muslim and Islam is one of the enemies, facts be damned.
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Mohamed Hussein, said the convention left himself asking questions.
“How can I possibly get behind a party that tells me to leave, that says convert or leave?” he asked. “How do they think that is going to be some kind of winning strategy?”
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Their "strategy" is for you to leave the country.
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On Saturday, outgoing GOP chair Abraham George addressed two Muslim delegates from the stage, who members tried to expel from the convention because of their ties to the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a group the GOP and Gov. Greg Abbott have deemed a terrorist threat.
“I would strongly advise you to leave our caucus,” George said. “There is a Democrat convention happening in a couple weeks. Join them.”
“There’s no place in America for you”
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Throughout the week, members of the convention attempted to remove them as delegates.
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“What do you want me to do, leave?” Hussein asked Scarborough.
“Yes,” replied the minister.
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Shortly later, another attendee approached Halabi and told her to leave the country.
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But most of them still plan to vote Republican according to the article interviews.
@jrdepriest In a way, both are blinded by self-sealing aspects of conservatism that tell people they're righteous, and that becomes SELF-righteous.
Unfortunately, they are correct. He'd be better off as a Democrat, including for reasons that he's presently unable to understand. His very conservatism blinds him to the corrosive evil of conservatism, its core tenets of who's 'right' and who's not. Those values are fundamentally anti-human.
@heidilifeldman YIKES 😬
Vote like your life depends on it, y'all. Cuz it does.
It's 2026. If dude hadn't figured out that he wasn't welcome in the GOP by now, well, that's gotta be on him.
> The elder Hussein said he aligns with the GOP on fiscal conservatism, and opposing abortion and Obamacare. A staunch social conservative, he opposes pornography and prostitution, and even the alcohol industry.
...nevermind, abuse away.
"Assholes sad about being treated like assholes at Asshole Club"
Reflexively, I feel bad for the people who were so brutally rejected.
But what would they have expected?
@GhostOnTheHalfShell @heidilifeldman
It's so tragic when minorities aren't allowed to join their favorite fascism club 😔
Of course, this also demonstrates why the more dogmatic clubs ultimately fail. Ideological purity trumps practical concerns such as strengthening or even maintaining their numbers, and they slowly implode under their increasing concentration of extremism as the moderate fascists abandon ship.
Basket full of deplorables was being light.
These are awful people.
Not a fan of how they were treated, but not a fan of their positions either.
That’s not the place for you, Mr. Mohammed Hussein.
That’s nobody’s place, but racists’ actually.
@heidilifeldman I was just writing about this... it also reminds me in the 1980s in rural Kansas under Reagan it switched to a single party system. my father went to the GOP convention and was told he wasn't allowed to enter: "no beards"
@petealexharris A bit surprised that the people at registration didn't call in ICE.
Looks like they’re trying to work out the floor puzzle… and it’s just too hard for them.
@heidilifeldman The saddest part of the story for me is how all the “christians” reflexively repeat the same talking points without ever considering whether they are even remotely true.
Their BS is like pollen in the air, swirling around, landing on everything, there seems to be no escape from the mindlessness.
Poor schmucks never thought the leopard was gonna eat *their* faces!
What a surprise!
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