ACT for America, the anti-Muslim group run by Brigitte Gabriel, held a legislative briefing on Capitol Hill today where it was joined by Republican members of Congress including Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert, South Carolina Rep. Jeff Duncan, Illinois Rep. Peter Roskam, and Arkansas Sen. John Boozman.
Gabriel posted pictures on Facebook and Twitter of Boozman, Bachmann and Gohmert speaking and of Roskam receiving the group’s “Patriot Award.” Duncan tweeted that he was planning on speaking to the gathering. Gabriel wrote that she had planned on presenting another award to Sen. Ted Cruz, but that he was unable to attend.
Standing OV for @PeterRoskam receiving our Patriot Award. #ACTDC pic.twitter.com/M8XmzUTrBI
— Brigitte Gabriel (@act4america) September 11, 2014
The president doesn’t lie! But whomever is putting the words in the teleprompter sure is! @replouiegohmert #ACTDC pic.twitter.com/T7c2TcDbdE
— Brigitte Gabriel (@act4america) September 11, 2014
Gabriel also presented awards to Alabama state Sen. Gerald Allen, the author of that state’s bill banning the use of Sharia law, and Kansas state Rep. Peggy Mast, who introduced a similar bill in her state.
In addition to pushing meaningless Sharia bans throughout the country, Gabriel has gone after Muslim Student Associations at colleges and school textbooks that she deems too friendly to Islam .
She has also suggested the President Obama secretly a Muslim.
A few months ago, Gabriel made the news when she berated a Muslim woman who asked her a question at a Heritage Foundation panel.
