People At the Minnesota Mosque That Was Bombed Are Waiting For Trump To Address The Act Of Terror
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Source: buzz feed
We are wondering why President Trump has not tweeted about this. He seems to want to tweet about security and terror issues, said Asad Zaman, director of the Muslim American Society of Minnesota.
Posted on August 7, 2017, at 6:09 p.m.
Officials at the mosque that was bombed this weekend in a Minneapolis suburb are asking why President Trump hasnt addressed or tweeted about what the states governor has declared an act of terrorism.
We invite the president to come and see to come and see what happened, said Mohamed Omar, the centers executive director, who was getting ready for early morning prayers when what the FBI called an improvised explosive device was thrown into the imams office.
He is the president of this country, and this happened to us. He has to come here and at least express his feelings and say this is bad, Omar said in a room adjacent to where the blast happened at the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center.
We are wondering why President Trump has not tweeted about this. He seems to want to tweet about security and terror issues, said Asad Zaman, director of the Muslim American Society of Minnesota. The organization is offering a $24,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction.
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Read more: https://www.buzzfeed.com/talalansari/minnesota-mosque-no-trump-response?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_term=.ss6KprLk8#.djB7kN8EK
Very interesting. They asked Trump but Trump is ignoring them!
"On the day of the bombing in Bloomington, Minnesota, the Muslim Public Affairs Council a national public affairs advocacy organization for American Muslims called on the White House to condemn the attack."
Link to tweet
George II
(67,782 posts)riversedge
(70,441 posts)brer cat
(24,645 posts)A president who cares about people, who acknowledges and shares their grief, who tries to lift them up when they are down.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)dflprincess
(28,094 posts)has hardly said anything except for a very weak statement on his Facebook page that wasn't posted until today (no doubt by an intern). He didn't even bother to show up at the site when Governor Dayton and other public officials were there. I did not see Paulsen on any local news shows over the weekend and, I'm inclined to think his staff, not he, were in contact with the Mosque.
Governor Dayton did flat out call it terrorism, but to Paulsen it is an "event".
https://www.facebook.com/CongressmanErikPaulsen/?sw_fnr_id=2721850225&fnr_t=0
"As I said over the weekend, I am so relieved to hear that no one was hurt in events at the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center on Saturday morning. My office and I have been monitoring this ongoing investigation and been in contact with Dar Al-Farooq. I have full confidence that the investigation will get to the bottom of this and am encouraged by the progress the FBI as well as local and state authorities are making to make sure justice is served. Any attack of this nature is an affront to our American and Minnesotan values, and we will continue supporting the Dar Al-Farooq and Muslim community."
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,974 posts)Erik Paulsen seems to be as useless as tits on a boar hog, as my dear departed grandpa would say.
Lokilooney
(322 posts)He might not want to anger the last of his base.
He could also address it in a manner I would imagine would go like this:
"Who knows if it was a terrorist attack, who knows. I mean it could have been a friendly prank gone wrong or something, who knows. Now I'm not saying this could happen at a DFL'rs residence I'm not saying that at all, but who knows."
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Paulsen MIA ,wow. But his base would not approve of a pro comment.
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,125 posts)mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)In which case, when discovered, he'll suddenly have ALL SORTS of comments to make ...
Until/Unless ... not so much.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,411 posts)of https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141838893 . Please continue discussion there. Thanks.