North Dakota lawmaker blames opponents for anti-Islam posts
Source: Associated Press
North Dakota lawmaker blames opponents for anti-Islam posts
James Macpherson, Associated Press
Updated 4:54 pm CST, Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Photo: Tom Stromme, AP
CORRECTS YEAR OF APOLOGY TO 2020, NOT 2019 - FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2015 file photo, state Rep. Jim Kasper, R-Fargo, speaks in the state capitol in Bismarck, N.D. The Republican state lawmaker says he doesn't know how two anti-Islam posts appeared in his Facebook feed. Rep. Kasper says his account may have been hacked by political opponents. Kasper posted an apology Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, on his private Facebook page to those who can see his posts. (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune File)
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Republican state lawmaker in North Dakota said he doesn’t know how a pair of anti-Islam posts appeared in his Facebook feed, and speculated Tuesday that his account may have been hacked by political opponents.
The Fargo Forum first reported on the posts Tuesday, saying a post shared from Rep. Jim Kasper's account reads: “The whole world has one common problem(
Islam.”
“I don’t know how the hell it got there and I took it down immediately," Kasper said of the posts that appeared Monday night on his Facebook page. “It's political season and the time to do political tricks has started. It's a sad state of affairs this stuff has to happen."
According to the newspaper, another post shared from Kasper’s account read: "Minnesota's Twin Cities are lost" to "the Islamic Movement."
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