Conservative Congressman Blasts Bachmann’s Anti-Muslim Allegations, Stands Up For Religious Liberty

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http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/07/23/562831/jim-sensenbrenner-huma-abedin/?mobile=nc

By Scott Keyes on Jul 23, 2012 at 9:15 am


Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI)

SLINGER, Wisconsin — One of the most conservative congressmen in the country stepped up to defend Huma Abedin, a top aide to Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, and the rights of all Muslim-Americans yesterday against Rep. Michele Bachmann’s (R-MN) spurious accusations that she is affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, calling them “the wrong thing to do.”

During a town hall held by Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) on Sunday, a constituent lauded Bachmann’s anti-Muslim witchhunt about a supposed Muslim Brotherhood infiltration of the U.S. government and called on her congressman to support her efforts. Sensenbrenner instead used the opportunity not only to defend Abedin, but to advocate for the larger notion of religious pluralism in America and a separation between church and state.

The longtime Republican congressman went on to praise the Constitution’s ban on religious tests to hold office, saying Thomas Jefferson’s vision “was right.” When the constituent responded with bigoted accusations about Islam, Sensenbrenner countered: “Religion is a personal issue to every one of the people who lives in the United States…And that has been one of the most cherished freedoms that this country has had since it’s beginning”:

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. If Michele has lost Senselessbrainer she's in big trouble.

He's almost as wingnutty as she is - but maybe he has enough shreds of sanity left to realize that she's making all of them look deranged and dangerous. Which, of course, they are. Bachmann especially.

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2. I know! That's why I think this is great. They are distancing themselves

from her as fast as they can, lol.

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3. This rarest of moments of sanity from Senselessbrenner shows just how crazy Bachmann is.