cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/26899243
To some extent, Mohamed Hussein knew he was preparing to enter the lion’s den.
But he made the decision to attend the Republican Party of Texas Convention to confirm for himself that he had a place in the GOP, even as members of the party have railed for months about the urgency of ending Sharia Law and the so-called “Islamification” of Texas.
What he found was a party that didn’t want him. He arrived with hope, but left in tears after being told explicitly that he should leave the country.
Hussein was among four Muslims, who arrived at the convention in earnest — not as protesters, but as delegates or attendees — to participate in the annual meeting of the state’s most hardlined Republicans as they vote on the party’s priorities and hear from GOP leaders. Two prevailing themes from the Houston gathering were party unity and combatting Sharia Law, a movement that veered into outright Islamophobia by members of the convention.
“When they say Sharia-free, that means Muslim-free, no practices of Islam,” Hussein said in an interview with The Texas Tribune. “No one is calling for the state to implement Sharia laws.”
Hussein said he was in disbelief that he was told to convert or leave — for the first time in his life — at a Republican convention with the tagline, “Unity drives victory.”
It’s pathetic really. These people hate their existence and yet they continue to carry water for them. Useful idiot isn’t a strong enough descriptor.
So many immigrants support this lunacy. My old best friend’s family are all big Trump supporters—None of them were born here. Some have citizenship, and the others have green cards. The one’s who can vote, vote red.
It’s so fucking stupid.
pickme’s
Apparently not at this convention.
haha, yes indeed; that’s the thing about these people - they’re never gonna be embraced by the right. hell, Kaitlin Jenner is still trying to convince them she’s a good trans person, and all the other ones are the icky types. jfc…
Blue no matter what?
Nah. Blue cuz they always govern better.
What about the genocide?
What about it?
You’d vote for a party doing one? That’s vile.
You guys don’t learn, do you?
Your little purity test resulted in a felon rapist pedophile controlling your life and a free-for-all wholesale slaughter of the people you were conducting a purity test for.
There is no debate here.
Palestinians were better off with Democrats in control and losers like you assured that the absolute worst possible outcome for Palestinians came to pass.
Eat shit. Freak.
Do you have a learning disability or brain damage? The genocide started under Biden, continued under Biden, and then was handed off to trump.
This is denying history at best, and genocide apologia at worst. Death to America.
You realize the dems had the ability to put the felon rapist pedophile in jail and decided it would be better to do a peaceful transfer of power?
By the way I’m not American, I don’t get a vote, despite your fucking shit hole state destroying the planet I live on.
Blah blah blah.
None of your dipshit babbling changes that either Dems or Reps were winning and one was, and is, WAY fucking worse for Palestinians.
I feel it necessary to remind dipshits like you that Joe Biden is not president of Israel. He was president of a nation allied with Israel. So it was, in fact, another nation committing genocide while we proceeded with our allegiance with them while expressing our disapproval of their actions. Instead of, you know, showing full support and even joking about building a resort once the Palestinians are gone, which is what the current admin has done.
GET. FUCKED.
The genocide started with the Nakba. Classic accusation is a confession.
Voting is not an endorsement. It’s picking your boss battle. But yall rather we leave power at the table because the spectacle is too confusing for the vanguard navigate
Whatever it takes for you to sleep at night.
I’m far too wicked to get any rest.