Minn. Reps. Cindy Pugh, Kathy Lohmer, local GOP official warn of Muslims 'infiltrating' precinct ...
Minn. Reps. Cindy Pugh, Kathy Lohmer, local GOP official warn of Muslims 'infiltrating' precinct caucuses
Two GOP state legislators and a local Republican Party official warned on Facebook this week of a plot to mobilize Muslims to infiltrate our Republican caucuses on Feb. 6.
State Reps. Kathy Lohmer, R-Stillwater, Cindy Pugh, a third-term Chanhassen Republican, and Dave Sina, the chairman of the Fourth Congressional District GOP, posted to Facebook that a friend went to a caucus training held at a local mosque, where he witnessed Muslim-Americans being taught to penetrate and infiltrate American politics to enact a Muslim political agenda.
The posting drew a swift rebuke from fellow Republicans, the League of Women Voters and an interfaith religious group.
Jennifer Carnahan, chairwoman of the Minnesota GOP, said Muslim-Americans are welcome to caucus with the Republicans.
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