Connecticut Senator and Senate Judiciary member Richard Blumenthal was one of the most vigorous opponents of new Supreme Court appointee Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
One could have anticipated Blumenthal’s resistance to Kavanaugh. In December 2016, Blumenthal promised attendees at a meeting organized by the Connecticut branch of the Council on American–Islamic Relations (CAIR) that he would push back against certain Trump nominees.
There is abundant evidence that CAIR officials, including co-founder Nihad Awad, have supported the terrorist group Hamas, as discussed below.
“Sen. Blumenthal promised to speak out forcefully and oppose any form of a Muslim Registry. He said he would vigorously question Jeff Sessions who has been nominated for Attorney General for racist statements he has made in the past and also question whether Gen. Mike Flynn is suitable to be National Security advisor based on his mishandling of classified information.”
On Sept. 28 of this year, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted along partisan lines in favor of Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court.
“The Senate should instead confirm a new nominee who has the temperament and neutrality necessary to pass judgment on the weightiest issues facing our nation now and for decades to come.”
Not surprisingly, CAIR also urged the Senate to call for a renewed FBI investigation of the allegations against Kavanaugh.
Patel is a strong opponent of the plan by some Republican lawmakers to officially designate the Muslim Brotherhood—which begat Hamas and, by extension, CAIR—as a terrorist organization.
“Though it has engaged in political violence in the past, it disavowed violence decades ago in favor of political engagement. In 2011, it won elections in Egypt, forming a government that was fully recognized by the United States. Two previous administrations, one Republican and one Democratic, concluded the Muslim Brotherhood did not engage in terrorism and did not warrant designation as an FTO (Foreign Terrorist Organization).”
Hate Speech and Hate Crimes
The completely unconstitutional concept of “hate speech” is regularly promoted by CAIR, often in the context of combating “Islamophobia.” At the December 2016 meeting mentioned above, Blumenthal also planned to “draft legislation” related to the cousin of “hate speech”: hate crimes. Blumenthal’s legislation would “implement tougher penalties on offenders,” according to WFSB.Blumenthal’s legislation, the “NO HATE” Act, was introduced three months after his meeting with CAIR.
The senator also promised to try to secure federal funding for Connecticut mosques. According to the aforementioned CAIR Connecticut post on Facebook, “Sen. Blumenthal’s staff will investigate how masjids [mosques] can access funds from the Department of Homeland Security to improve the security of masjids.”
With a constitutionalist majority, Supreme Court “hate speech” and “hate crime” laws, which fly in the face of the First Amendment, would have very short lifespans. Such laws are one of CAIR’s main weapons against criticism of Islamic supremacism.
A constitutionalist Supreme Court could quickly undo much of CAIR’s subversive agenda.
As mentioned, CAIR was co-founded by Awad, a self-professed Hamas supporter. CAIR was also identified as an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation terrorist financing trial.
CAIR openly opposed the nomination of Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. CAIR’s self-declared ally, Blumenthal, led the charge on the Senate Judiciary Committee to shut down the Kavanaugh nomination.
Perhaps Blumenthal and CAIR should have called for an FBI investigation into themselves?