Pelosi calls for investigation into
who is “funding”
opposition to Ground
Zero Mosque
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Dear Harold,
The latest twist in the growing national opposition to the Ground Zero Mosque is House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s stunning call yesterday for an investigation into who is supposedly funding opposition to the Ground Zero Mosque.
In case Ms. Pelosi has forgotten, America is not a police state. Calling for such an investigation is the very type of
strong-armed tactic totalitarian governments use to intimidate their citizenry and suppress freedom.
How different is this from the intimidation tactics Islamists use worldwide to suppress free speech, as occurred in the
aftermath of the publishing of the Danish cartoons of Mohammed? Not much.
Nancy Pelosi, house speaker, wants investigation into Ground Zero mosque opposition funding
BY ALIYAH SHAHID
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Originally Published:Wednesday, August 18th 2010, 9:37 AM
Updated: Wednesday, August 18th 2010, 2:39 PM
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2010/08/18/2010-08-18_nancy_pelosi_house_speaker_wants_investigation_into_ground_zero_mosque_
oppositio.html
Nancy Pelosi wants some answers.
The house speaker is calling for an investigation into groups protesting the building of the Ground Zero mosque.
"There is a concerted effort to make this a political issue by some," she told San Francisco's KCBS radio on
Tuesday.
Pelosi added that she joins "those who have called for looking into how is this opposition to the mosque being
funded."
Many Republicans have said they are against the building of the mosque, and have demanded Democratic
candidates and incumbents to publicly choose a side.
The GOP said it will keep hammering the issue in a drive to take back Congress.
"It's important to voters right now," Tory Mazzola, spokesman for the National Congressional Republican Committee, said.
Pelosi is one of few House Democrats to make a statement on the mosque. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) broke from the president on Monday and said the mosque should be built "someplace else." The move
occurred shortly after his Republican opponent Sharron Angle asked where he stood.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has previously said an investigation into how the $100 million project is funded would
be "un-American."
Pelosi said the matter is a "zoning issue" in New York City and would like the matter to be determined by city
residents. She said the issue might be "ginned up" in order to help Republican candidates.
"In New York, I'm sure the New Yorkers would like to make their own urban development decision themselves,
" Pelosi said.
After making the comments, Pelosi's office issued a clarification on Wednesday afternoon.
"The freedom of religion is Constitutional right. Where a place of worship is located is a local decision," the
Washington Post reported her saying.
Pelosi added that she supports the statement made by the Interfaith Alliance that "We agree with the
Anti-Defamation League that there is a need for transparency about who is funding the effort to build this
Islamic center. At the same time, we should also ask who is funding the attacks against the construction of
the center."
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2010/08/18/2010-08-18_nancy_pelosi_house_speaker_wants_investigation_into_ground_zero_mosque_
oppositio.html#ixzz0x4C38P2V
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says New Yorkers should make their own development decisions on the controversial Ground Zero mosque.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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