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Sat Dec 16, 2023, 09:30 AM Dec 2023

Muslim Civil Rights Group Condemns GOP Senators' Treatment Of Muslim Court Pick

Source: HuffPost

Muslim Civil Rights Group Condemns GOP Senators' Treatment Of Muslim Court Pick

Ted Cruz and Tom Cotton's hostility toward Biden nominee Adeel Mangi was "Islamophobic and un-American," said the Council on American-Islamic Relations.

By Jennifer Bendery
Dec 15, 2023, 05:16 PM EST

The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the largest Muslim civil rights organization in the country, on Friday denounced three Republican senators for their treatment of President Joe Biden’s historic judicial nominee Adeel Mangi during his recent confirmation hearing.

GOP Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas), Tom Cotton (Ark.) and Josh Hawley (Mo.) berated and interrupted Mangi in his Wednesday hearing in the Senate judiciary committee, demanding that Mangi, who is Muslim, share his personal views on the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the Oct. 7 terrorist attack in Israel and the Israeli-Hamas conflict in general.

Mangi, if confirmed, will be the nation’s first ever Muslim American appeals court judge, and only the third Muslim American federal judge. Biden nominated him to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, based in Philadelphia.

“We strongly condemn Senators Tom Cotton, Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley for subjecting Mr. Mangi to irrelevant, hostile questions about Israel and Palestine,” Edward Ahmed Mitchell, CAIR’s national deputy director, said in a statement.

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Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/muslim-judicial-nominee-adeel-mangi-republicans_n_657c8262e4b08e9b410a2ae3

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Muslim Civil Rights Group Condemns GOP Senators' Treatment Of Muslim Court Pick (Original Post) Eugene Dec 2023 OP
They're just disgusting people. It's all a show Goddessartist Dec 2023 #1
Disgusting POS the both of them. ProudMNDemocrat Dec 2023 #2

ProudMNDemocrat

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2. Disgusting POS the both of them.
Sat Dec 16, 2023, 10:12 AM
Dec 2023

Their prejudices towards women and those "not like them" leave nothing to admire.

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