Grover Norquist is married to a Muslim and is therefor spearheading “campaigns within the conservative establishment on behalf of the Muslim Brotherhood.” That’s the theory. I shit you not.
ThinkProgress asked (Center for Security Policy head Frank Gaffney) the question Friday afternoon when we spotted him breaking his self-imposed exile to “do some interviews” at CPAC we saw him again Saturday morning as well. In a lengthy interview with ThinkProgress, Gaffney warned that Grover Norquist, the anti-tax activist and influential Republican strategist, was spearheading “active measure” campaigns within the conservative establishment on behalf of the Muslim Brotherhood. “I belive the conservative movement is being subjected to a concerted Muslim Brotherhood infiltration effort,” Gaffney told us, adding that Norquist began his insidious effort in the 1980s. Norquist’s wife is Muslim.
Asked for evidence of infiltration at CPAC, Gaffney pointed to the presence of Norquist — indeed, they passed within 20 feet of each other at one point — and of former Bush Muslim outreach director Suhail Kahn, whom Gaffney also accused of aiding the Muslim Brotherhood. Asked for further evidence, Gaffney came up empty, saying, “I have not been here long enough.” The presence of Norquist and Kahn was “sufficient” evidence “to be of concern,” Gaffney explained.
I want to laugh at this shit, but all I can muster is a WTF, because conservative nutbags like Norquist and Gaffney still have way too much power and influence.