{"id":123745,"date":"2026-03-10T06:09:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T10:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/republican-says-muslims-dont-belong-in-american-society-draws-fierce-democratic-backlash-123745"},"modified":"2026-03-10T06:09:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T10:09:50","slug":"republican-says-muslims-dont-belong-in-american-society-draws-fierce-democratic-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/republican-says-muslims-dont-belong-in-american-society-draws-fierce-democratic-backlash-123745","title":{"rendered":"Republican says \u2018Muslims don\u2019t belong in American society,\u2019 draws fierce Democratic backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Republican Rep. Andy Ogles of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southeast\/tennessee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tennessee<\/a> declared in a post on X that &#8220;Muslims don\u2019t belong in American society,&#8221; and later defended his remarks as Democrats condemned them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Pluralism is a lie,&#8221; Ogles also wrote in his controversial <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepOgles\/status\/2031002097135599717\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., slammed the GOP lawmaker.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/maga-hardliner-pushes-ban-immigration-islamic-countries-adversaries-texas-shooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>MAGA HARDLINER PUSHES BAN ON IMMIGRATION FROM ISLAMIC COUNTRIES, US ADVERSARIES IN WAKE OF TEXAS SHOOTING<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Andy Ogles is a malignant clown and pathological liar who has fabricated his whole life story. Disgusting Islamophobes like you do not belong in Congress or in civilized society. And that\u2019s why House Democrats will defeat you in November,&#8221; Jeffries <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hakeemjeffries\/status\/2031047848448401865\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/under-siege-inside-growing-radical-islam-threat-critics-say-hiding-plain-sight-deep-red-texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>\u2018UNDER SIEGE\u2019: INSIDE THE GROWING RADICAL ISLAM THREAT CRITICS SAY IS HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT IN DEEP RED TEXAS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House Democratic<\/a> Whip Katherine Clark, D-Mass., also condemned Ogles&#8217; comments.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This disgusting s&#8212; doesn\u2019t belong in American society. And Republicans who support it don\u2019t belong in Congress,&#8221; Clark <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WhipKClark\/status\/2031028117590962584?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>California Gov. Gavin Newsom&#8217;s press office also decried Ogles&#8217; post, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GovPressOffice\/status\/2031054037190090813\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">writing<\/a>: &#8220;Disgusting comments. America was founded on the idea of religious freedom. Republicans must denounce this now!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ogles was unmoved by the barrage of Democratic criticism.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/expert-warns-radical-islamist-networks-could-shift-west-after-iran-regime-shakeup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>EXPERT WARNS RADICAL ISLAMIST NETWORKS COULD SHIFT WEST AFTER IRAN REGIME SHAKEUP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To Hakeem Jeffries, Gavin Newsom, and the high-ranking Democrats flooding X to condemn me: A Muslim shot and killed three Americans in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southwest\/texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas<\/a>. Two Muslims tried to blow up New York City&#8230;again. Meanwhile, all DHS counterterrorism programs are unfunded because you shut them down,&#8221; he wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepOgles\/status\/2031101566313185516\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/andy-ogles-muslims-dont-belong-backlash-democrats\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/andy-ogles-muslims-dont-belong-backlash-democrats <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Rep. 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