Republicans Ramp Up Attacks on Muslims

Washington Post: “Republican politicians are ramping up attacks on Muslims and facing few political consequences, and sometimes seeing political benefit, unnerving civil rights advocates and signaling a new normal of open Islamophobia heading into campaign season.”

“Rather than rebuke broad criticism of Muslims in the wake of terrorism — as President George W. Bush once did after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 — GOP leaders have allowed the most blatant anti-Muslim comments to go largely unchallenged.”