GOP Senator Rand Paul's religious litmus test for public service should alarm us all

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Dilawar Syed, President Biden’s pick to serve as deputy administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), is obviously qualified for the job. He’s had a successful career as an entrepreneur running software, health care and artificial intelligence companies.

As the U.S. Chamber of Commerce noted in their endorsement of his nomination, “Dilawar Syed has an impressive background as an entrepreneur and understands the operational challenges of scaling a start-up to meet increased market demand.” The National Small Business Association has also backed his nomination, stating “He has faced the real-world struggles of growing a new venture, and he has also served a client-base made up of small businesses, learning what they need and how best to serve them.”

Small businesses across the commonwealth, in particular, would benefit from Syed’s leadership as the number two person at the SBA. Yet our senator, Rand Paul — the top Republican on the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship — is leading a boycott of Syed’s nomination.

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It appears that Sen. Paul’s opposition is not based on Syed’s business credentials, but rather on Syed’s faith. If confirmed, Syed would be the highest-ranking Muslim American official in the Biden administration.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-senator-rand-pauls-religious-141139172.html

[Mary in S. Carolina]

1. Rand Paul Needs a Drug Test

[rsdsharp]

4. Rand Paul needs to read Article 6 clause 3

which reads in pertinent part:

but no religious Test shall ever be Required as a Qualification To any Office or public Trust under the United States.

[texasfiddler]

2. Proof Rand Paul is not a true Libertarian. He is a bigot. Period. NT

[JohnSJ]

3. +++

[onetexan]

5. +1 -K&R. Damn fool's worse than his crazy father