By Ryan Mauro
NJ
Governor Chris Christie, often described as a "rock star" in the
Republican Party, has finally addressed the criticism of his courtship of
Islamists. On July 24, Christie held an Iftar dinner at the Governor's Mansion,
attended by Imam Mohammad Qatanani, a Hamas-linked cleric whose deportation is
sought by the Department of Homeland Security. Christie reiterated his support
for Qatanani and made the case to his Muslim audience that he is their ally by
ridiculing the "bigots" attacking him. Christie opens by talking
about the attacks on "our relationship" (between him and, as he would
characterize it, the Muslim community of NJ) that show a "gaze of
intolerance that's going around our country that is disturbing." [more...]
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