by: Corey Saylor, CAIR National
The sight of a figure who has been widely criticized for expressing anti-Muslim views taking a photo with one of Virginia’s most important elected officials and claiming that the official is a “dear friend” of two decades should make every Virginian uncomfortable. After all, Virginia is for lovers, not extremists.
I ask the Youngkin administration to end its silence on anti-Islam extremist group leader Brigitte Gabriel and her claim, accompanied by a photograph, of a decades-long friendship with Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R) ….
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Corey Saylor, a longtime Virginia resident, is director of research and advocacy at the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy group.