A anti-Muslim poster likening Rep. Ilhan Omar to a 9/11 terrorist sparked outrage on Friday after it was spotted on display in the West Virginia state capitol during a GOP event.
The poster depicts theTwin Towers on September 11 with the words '"Never forget" - you said...' imposed over the image of the burning building.
Underneath is seen a photograph of Minnesota Democrat Omar with the words 'I am the proof - you have forgotten'.
The inflammatory poster was displayed prominently in the rotunda at as part of a GOP event, according to West Virginia MetroNews.
On the same day, the sergeant at arms resigned after being accused of saying 'all Muslims are terrorists' when challenged about the display.
Pamphlets accompanying the display read 'The Four Stages of Islamic Conquest' and 'Readin', Writin' and Jihadin.'
A woman who had a sign identifying with 'ACT for America,' a Southern Poverty Law Center designated hate group, set up the table, but in a video exchange would not discuss the contents of her table with Democrats.
Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, a first-time Congresswoman, was the target of the display likening her to the 9/11 terrorists. Omar is a Muslim originally from Somalia
An unidentified woman set up the display in the West Virginia state capitol for ACT for America, an organization known for strong anti-Muslim rhetoric and listed as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center
The poster displayed in the West Virginia state capitol sparked a great deal of emotion from Democratic legislators who viewed it as hateful and bigoted
'No wonder why I am on the "Hitlist" of a domestic terrorist and "Assassinate Ilhan Omar" is written on my local gas stations,' Rep. Omar tweeted earlier about graffiti threatening her life. 'Look no further, the GOP's anti-Muslim display likening me to a terrorist rocks in state capitols and no one is condemning them!'
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), in a statement, also demanded the state and national Republican Party condemn the anti-Muslim display.
'We call on Governor Justice and GOP leaders in West Virginia and nationwide to condemn and repudiate this disgusting display of bigotry and Islamophobia,' said CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw.
The bigoted language elicited a strong reaction from West Virginia Democrats leading to an injured doorkeeper and the resignation of the sergeant at arms.
Rep. Omar connected the rhetoric seen in the West Virginia state house display to other threats that have been made against her life as Muslim in Congress
Omar retweeted graffiti found in a men's bathroom that made a threat to her along with a reference to the 'hitlist' written by Coast Guard officer Christopher Hasson that targeted her among other Democrats and liberal figures
'I find it distasteful. I said so. I went over and spoke with the people in that booth that I believe is sanctioned by a political party,' said Delegate Mike Pushkin, a Democrat. 'It points out a hatred and distrust of somebody because of their religion.'
Delegate Michael Angelucci, also a Democrat, witnessed the confrontation, and in an emotional floor speech, he recounted how the sergeant at arms got involved.
'The sergeant at arms had the nerve to say to us, 'All Muslims are terrorists,'' Angelucci said. 'That's not freedom of speech. That's hate speech, and it has no place in this House. I don't want to see her representing the people of this state in this House again.'
Meanwhile, the minority whip, Delegate Mike Caputo, was so worked up, he apparently kicked in a door to the chamber during the opening prayer session slightly injuring a young doorkeeper.
The ACT for America table also displayed pamphlets making additional extreme comments about Muslims
Delegate Mike Pushkin confronted the woman who put up the ACT for America display shortly before the sergeant at arms of the House of Delegates became involved and allegedly made a racist remark
'I'm the one who kicked the door open. That's how angry I was. I went over to that poster and I said it was a racist poster,' Caputo said.
The reaction from local Republicans were more muted with delegates Dianna Graves and Tom Bibby both deflecting to the importance of free speech.
'We have allowed national level politics to become a cancer on our state, to become a cancer on our Legislature, to invade our chamber in a way that frankly makes me ashamed,' Hanshaw, a Republican, said during the Friday evening session.
Hanshaw then released a statement afterwards on behalf of the legislative body.
Brigitte Gabriel, founder of ACT for America, has been continually attacking Rep. Omar on Twitter with this particular list of accusations pinned to the top
The Council on American Islamic Relations released its own statement condemning the display West Virginia calling for the local and national GOP to rebuke it as well
'The West Virginia House of Delegates unequivocally rejects hate in all of its forms. As we began today's floor session, we had a series of incidents occur in and outside of our Chamber that absolutely do not reflect the character and civility the people of this state demand of their public servants,' wrote Hanshaw.
Hanshaw announced the resignation of Sergeant at Arms Anne Lieberman in a motion on the House floor.
The House of Delegates has already been roiled with controversy already this session due to remarks by freshman Republican Delegate Eric Porterfield, who equated LGBTQ organizations to 'a modern day version of the Ku Klux Klan, without wearing hoods with their antics of hate.'
ACT for America was founded by Brigitte Gabriel, born Hanan Qahwaji, in 2007 and was listed by the SPLC as a hate group because it 'pushes wild anti-Muslim conspiracy theories, denigrates American Muslims and deliberately conflates mainstream and radical Islam.'
Gabriel has attacked Rep. Omar repeatedly on Twitter.
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