Ted Cruz is easily one of the most
intelligent candidates in the race right now. It’s plain to see he’s got a
great head on his shoulders and could lead the country quite well should he be
elected. The one thing holding him back is Cruz’s unwillingness to waiver on
important issues. That’s a good quality to have but it’s earned him quite a few
enemies.
That’s OK, Cruz doesn’t want to play
the role of establishment politician and he’s insistent on making sure the
status quo isn’t maintained if he’s elected. Part of his attempt to disrupt the
establishment is to ensure the United States is protected from violent Islam
terrorists. And a recent bill he’s proposed would look to qualify anyone in the
Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist. Imagine how this is going to go over with
Muslims.
The Hill writes: Sen.
Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is trying to force the Obama administration’s hand to label
the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization.
Along with Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart
(R-Fla.), the presidential hopeful on Tuesday introduced legislation calling on
the Obama administration to designate the Islamist political group as a foreign
terrorist organization.
The bill, called the Muslim
Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act, comes after a string of evidence
suggesting the group supports terrorism, Cruz said, and after similar moves
from a handful of foreign countries in recent years.
“As this bill details, the
Brotherhood’s stated goal is to wage violent jihad against its enemies, and our
legislation is a reality check that the United States is on that list as well,”
Cruz said in a statement Wednesday.
The Obama administration has listed
multiple members of the group on its terror list, thereby imposing special
restrictions preventing Americans from dealing with them. “Now we can reject the fantasy that
their parent institution is a political entity that is somehow separate from
these violent activities,” Cruz added.
The Muslim Brotherhood in recent
years has been a target of conservatives, who allege that the organization is a
breeding ground for radical Islam.
In 2014, former Rep. Michele Bachmann
(R-Minn.) spearheaded a similar effort to label the group a terrorist
organization, though it ultimately failed to reach President Obama’s desk.
Bachmann had previously alleged that longtime Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin
had links to the organization — an allegation that was widely condemned by
lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.
The legislation would not
automatically trigger the labeling of the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist
group. Instead, it would express a “sense of Congress” that the group meets the
criteria, and have the State Department explain within 60 days whether or not
it agrees. If the State Department decided against listing the Muslim
Brotherhood, it would have to provide a “detailed justification as to which
criteria have not been met,” the bill states.
In the legislation, Cruz and
Diaz-Balart noted that Egypt, Russia, Saudi Arabia and other nations have
described the group as a terrorist organization over the last four decades.
Former Egyptian President Mohamed
Morsi, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, was popularly elected following the
country’s revolution in 2012, and then deposed by a military coup the following
year.
Cruz’s initiative ought to be
commended. No one else in the government is going to do this, probably because
some of them have had extensive dealings with people in the Muslim Brotherhood.
It’s even believed members of the
Brotherhood have infiltrated many posts in Obama’s administration so it remains
to seen if Obama would even think to play ball with Cruz. Given that he’s got a
lot of evidence to say they’re a terrorist group Obama and Muslims are probably
upset Cruz is doing this. Do you support Cruz’s bill? Tell us in the comments
below.
http://teapartyupdate.com/ted-cruzs-new-bill-could-get-him-in-big-trouble-with-muslims/
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