Author: Sasha Ingber / Source: NPR.org
A day after a sign at an event sponsored by the Republican Party of West Virginia linked one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress with the Sept.
11 terrorist attacks, the head of the state GOP is putting distance between the party and the poster.It sat on display outside the House of Delegates chamber on Friday during a series of events around the state capitol for West Virginia’s GOP Day. The poster featured a photo of New York’s World Trade Center, ablaze on Sep. 11, 2001 with a caption that read “‘NEVER FORGET’ – YOU SAID..” Just below that was a photo of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., who wears a hijab. The caption attached to that image read, “I AM PROOF – YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN.”
This poster is in your Capitol on a booth sponsored by @WVGOP “When someone shows you who they are, believe them” pic.twitter.com/4k566ztHWo
— (((Mike Pushkin))) (@pushkinforhouse)
On Saturday, State Republican Party Chairwoman Melody Potter said the display was not affiliated with the party in any way.
“The West Virginia Republican Party does not approve, condone, or support hate speech,” she said in a
West Virginia State Senate President, Republican Mitch Carmichael, also denounced the sign. “We must be strong in our resolve to stand up and speak out against fear and hatred when we see it, and we absolutely condemn the kind of behavior that was on display in our own State Capitol,” he said in a statement.
Others in the party pointed to the First…
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