Sen. Cruz’s Statement At Hearing On Obama Admin’s Willful Blindness To Radical Islamic Terrorism

Ted Cruz during hearing on Islamic terrorism on Tuesday
Ted Cruz during hearing on Islamic terrorism on Tuesday

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“We have testimony that there was a ‘purge’ of law enforcement and intelligence material, to remove references to radical Islamic terrorism. That should concern anybody troubled by censorship, anybody concerned about keeping our country safe from terrorism.” – Ted Cruz, June 28 2016 

From the Federalist:

“On Tuesday, Sen. Ted Cruz chaired an investigative hearing to determine whether law enforcement agencies are deemphasizing radical Islam while investigating terrorism in the United States. Its purpose, according to Cruz’s website, was to “investigate how the federal government has not only refused to appropriately identify the specific threat of radical Islam, but has sought to undermine the people and information who have sought to highlight the threat.”

Provocatively titled “Willful Blindness: Consequences of Agency Efforts to Deemphasize Radical Islam in Combating Terrorism,” the hearing comes just weeks after Omar Mateen shot and killed 49 people in an Orlando night club and injured dozens more. In his opening remarks, Cruz said, “the consequence of the willful blindness of a policy, that is a matter of administration policy, that refuses to acknowledge the threat, means over and over again this administration has allowed the threats to go forward.”

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“Several Democratic senators tried to make analogies to the KKK and Christianity, arguing that just like we don’t call white-supremacist groups “radical Christians” neither should we call individuals and groups who perpetrate terrorist acts in the name of Islam “radical Muslims.” Meanwhile, Richard Cohen, president of the Southern Poverty Law Center, spent much of his time discussing how the focus on Islamic terrorism in the last 15 years has blinded us to the serious problems in our country with radical right-wing terrorists.”

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From DallasNews.com:

“While the independent commission that investigated the Sept. 11 attacks laced its report with references to Islam, he said, this year alone the Obama administration has purged references to radical Islam twice. One involved remarks from French President Francois Hollande after the Paris attacks. The other involved the 911 call from Omar Mateen, the shooter in the recent Orlando gay nightclub massacre, in which he pledged allegiance to the Islamic State.

Such efforts to erase such references and motives, Cruz said, amount to “an Orwellian doublethink that … is counterproductive to keeping this nation safe.”

The hearing opened with a bit of political theater. Before Cruz arrived, a CodePink activist called out to the audience: “Is there anyone here who suffers from Islamophobia?” She offered a pack of gum disguised as a remedy called “Islamophobin,” whose label promises to treat “blind intolerance, unthinking bigotry” and “election year scapegoating.”

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6 thoughts on “Sen. Cruz’s Statement At Hearing On Obama Admin’s Willful Blindness To Radical Islamic Terrorism

  1. God bless Ted Cruz for having the guts to speak up and confront this administration about this situation!!! Radical Islam is a HUGE problem ….All…Over…The…World!!! This good, honest and noble man should be our next president of the United States of America!!! Common Sense, goodness, steadfastness, honesty, good steward and all around Great Man!!! God bless him!!! Praying for all such people to rise up and fight for this country that I love so much! We as American people, may not deserve this great country but by G-d’s grace we CAN win it back!!!

  2. I still think Senator Cruz should be President of the United States. H is unafraid to call out Muslim terrorists and I know he has a plan to keep us safe. Pray that a huge mistake has not been reached.

  3. If I refused to appear, wouldn’t I be arrested or held? Shouldn’t the government officials also be held until the appear?

    1. I absolutely feel the same way. Ted Cruz is the only true, pure Constitutional conservative who ran. What a disaster that we now have to vote for Trump. But since that is all we now have, we have no choice!

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