It’s been a bad month for ol’ Dave Brat.
Brat got hammered on comparing immigrants to ISIS. Brat then fouled up his vote on free trade by voting against the very free trade provisions he said he supported to combat immigration.
So instead of going quiet? Dave Brat had to pull the hat trick of stupid — and decided to exhibit his cluelessness regarding Islamic terrorism:
On several occasions, he has talked of “2,000” Syrian refugees having crossed American borders “last month” or “two months ago.” He describes the refugees as having been “un-vetted” by immigration officials, a statement he repeated during a radio interview in which he added that Syria “is the home of ISIS.”
Asked during the interview to cite evidence for his assertion, Brat said, “I don’t use anything unless I’ve checked it umpteen times.” Then, turning to Julia Hahn, his press secretary, the congressman asked, “Julia, do you know?”
Brian Gottstein, Brat’s communications director, later acknowledged that, despite the congressman’s statements, 2,000 Syrian refugees have not arrived, though they are “expected by this fall or sooner.”
The FBI has testified that it “doesn’t have adequate information to separate legitimate refugees from potential terrorists,” Gottstein said. “Rep. Brat, along with others, has sounded the alarm on this fact.”
The mind. It boggles.
That’s not even the best part of the Washington Post article… but I really don’t want to spoil it for you.
Have fun.
