Tea Party Nation Doubles Down On Rhetoric Against Muslim Rep. | Talking Points Memo

Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips is defending an email he wrote calling on supporters to help “retire” Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) because, among other reasons, “He is the only Muslim member of congress.” In an email to supporters sent last night and in an interview with The Daily Caller, Phillips said he wouldn’t apologize for having a “problem” with Islam.“A majority of Tea Party members, I suspect, are not fans of Islam,” Phillips told The Daily Caller. “I, personally have a real problem with Islam. With Islam, you have a religion that says kill the Jews, kill the infidels. It bothers me when a religion says kill the infidels. It bothers me a lot more when I am the infidel.”


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