Get To Know The Anti-Islam Conspiracy Theorist 2016 GOPers Just Can't Resist
An anti-Islam activist with a penchant for government conspiracy theories is scheduled to host a slate of Republican presidential candidates this weekend at a summit on national security.
The Center for Security Policy, a think tank led by former Reagan administration official Frank Gaffney, is co-hosting the New Hampshire National Security Action Summit on Saturday of New Hampshire. Former Hewlitt Packard CEO Carly Fiorina is expected to speak at the summit in the first-in-the-nation primary state, while Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, former New York Gov. George Pataki and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) are also expected to attend, a spokesman for the organization told The Keene Sentinel newspaper. A bevy of other GOP candidates were invited to the summit but have not confirmed their attendance.
Among the topics to be discussed are "the threat from Iran, Shariah and the Global Jihad Movement," "the hollowing-out of the U.S. military," border security and immigration. A National Security Action Summit held earlier this year in South Carolina saw its fair share of fringe activists, including one who asked Santorum why Congress was "rolling over and letting this communist dictator [President Obama] destroy my country."
Gaffney has also established himself firmly on the fringe over the years as he's accused prominent government officials of being Islamic plants or of following Sharia law. Here are a few of his most outlandish claims.
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