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State Department Hires Obscure Anti-Muslim, Homophobic Pundit As Senior Adviser
Eric Hananoki December 2, 2019
Reprinted with permission from MediaMatters
When he was a right-wing pundit, senior State Department adviser Frank Wuco claimed that Muslims by-and-large will subjugate and humiliate non-Muslim members of their societies and that their core faith purportedly instructs them that they cant coexist peacefully with other religions. He also pushed conspiracy theories about the Obama administration and said that societies and nations for millennia have suffered greatly for LGBTQ acceptance.
The Washington Post reported on November 27 that Wuco is now a senior adviser at the State Departments Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance. The publication added that during a 2016 radio appearance, Wuco had suggested dropping nuclear bombs on Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks.
Wuco, a retired naval intelligence officer, previously worked as a conservative pundit and radio host before joining the Department of Homeland Security in January 2017. As a DHS senior adviser, he helped implement Trumps orders to the agency, including his ban on travelers from some Muslim-majority countries.
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The following are some of Wucos anti-Muslim and anti-LGBTQ remarks as a right-wing pundit. (A summary of Wucos anti-Muslim remarks previously appeared in a January 2018 Media Matters post.)
Wuco: Muslims by-and-large will subjugate and humiliate non-Muslim members of their societies and enact Sharia law. Wuco warned on his now-defunct radio show website that Muslim populations by-and-large will become enclave societies that, first, resist assimilation and then, will make every effort to establish independent rule for their enclaves under Shariah law.
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