A Republican newsletter in Bonneville County, Idaho warned that Muslims were “infiltrating” the state and urged readers to put pressure on law enforcement to investigate Muslims, the Post Register newspaper reported on Thursday.
In the Bonneville County Republican Central Committee newsletter, obtained by the paper, readers were told the Muslims were “ready to rise up and kill” non-Muslims. The newsletter article, entitled “Islam in Idaho,” reportedly also said Muslims were “two-faced” and sought to create the illusion that they had good intentions.
Bonneville GOP executive director Becky Prestwich admitted to the Statesman that she’d written the unsigned newsletter, which encouraged citizens of the eastern Idaho county to “demand that our lawmakers and law enforcers pay attention and ascertain whether or not there is a potential threat.” The article also carried a foreboding warning: “Please, don’t wait until something bad happens.”
Prestwich reportedly told the paper that she should have specified that the warnings and suggestions referred to radical Muslims, not all Muslims. She also told the paper that, in her estimation, 10 percent of all Muslims are radical.
The article appeared below a photo of Bonneville GOP chairman Doyle Beck who, according to the paper, was “in Texas in a helicopter” and could not be reached for comment on the newsletter.
This post has been updated to reflect that the story was originally reported by the Post Register newspaper.
How does one infiltrate a state. Did they sneak past the ticket counter, and hop the fence. I did that at a Grateful Dead concert once, but Im not sure that’s what they are talking about.
Gawd forbid that any of our local pizza joints might have to cater a Muslim wedding!
F*&^ing liars. Had to backfill the “facts” as they went along.
Um…“Infiltrating”? They do know that Muslims are ALLOWED to live in Idaho, right?
Thought these GOPers considered themselves patriots and protectors of the constitution. So much for that horseshit.