After losing the 2012 election, the GOP commissioned an "autopsy report," which concluded that in order to survive, they would have to expand outside their older, white, male base. The crowds at the GOP debate last night showed that they've ignored every one of those suggestions. One community they're driving away: Muslim Americans, many of whom used to be card-carrying GOP members.
At this point, it's a generally accepted truism that the Republican Party is the epicenter of political Islamophobia — especially this election season. Over the past few months, candidates vying for the GOP presidential nomination have repeatedly used anti-Islam rhetoric as a way to inspire their base: Sen. Marco (R-FL) Rubio openly advocated for shutting down mosques; Ben Carson insisted that a practicing Muslim should not be president; and just this week, frontrunner Donald Trump — the man who famously proposed a ban on all Muslim immigration into the United States late last year — proudly declared that Islam "hates" America...(read more)
During her tenure on the Supreme Court, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been one of the loudest and strongest voices against the corrupting influence of money in politics. Sign your name to thank Ruth Bader Ginsburg for calling for Citizens United to be overturned...(read more)
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