There’s a group in this country called “ACT! For America” that claims to be a grassroots organization dedicated to national security. They brag about all the laws they’ve passed to help fight terrorism.
They’re really an anti-Muslim hate group. They use the code language of a goal to “preserve American culture.”
The San Antonio, Texas, chapter is lead by a guy named Roy White. This prince of a man has referred to the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) “jihadists in suits.”
ACT was founded by a writer named Brigitte Gabriel. She’s the author of a book called, “They Must Be Stopped.”
She has also written a bunch of anti-Muslim articles for the far right news site Breitbart. Which, of course, used to be run by President Trump’s right hand man, Steve Bannon.
Yes, the same Bannon who referred to Islam “a barbarity.”
That’s not all. Mike Pompeo, the new Director of the CIA, is also connected to ACT. This is the guy who once described the global war on terrorism as a holy war between Christianity and “radical Muslims.” He has sponsored meetings for ACT at the Capitol.
And we know that he was given the boot out of the administration, but it’s important to note that Mike Flynn sits on ACT’s advisory board.
To be very clear here, ACT has pushed for laws that allowed schools to teach “anti-Sharia” classes. They sponsored a law that prevented an Islamic school from hiring Turkish males to make up the majority of their faculty.
And it goes on.
The Southern Poverty Law Center has labelled ACT as the nation’s largest anti-Muslim group. They call the group “extremists.”
The United States government wants us to believe that they are working for our safety and security.
But we need to keep in mind that the people who are supposed keep us safe are instead targeting some of us.
Scary times.
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