David Ramadan is a long-time Republican activist who is currently running for a seat in the Virginia State Assembly and he has secured endorsements from the likes of Eric Cantor and Ed Meese.
But he is also a Muslim, which of course means that his campaign is vehemently opposed by the anti-Islam faction on the right:
James Lafferty is chairman of the Virginia Anti-Sharia Task Force. He says Ramadan supports the “Ground Zero” Mosque in New York City and has also had some ties with the lobbying firm for Libya in the United States.
“That’s not like any conservative I’ve ever met,” Lafferty says of Ramadan’s connections. “He’s says that those of us who are opposed to building the Ground Zero Mosque are ‘racist’ and ‘Islamophobes.’
“Lots of Americans are getting this sort of condescending attitude from extremists like Mr. Ramadan. We don’t think he should be in the House of Delegates in Virginia. We’re not even sure he should be allowed to continue to live in the United States.”
Lafferty has joined with other professional anti-Muslim activists like Frank Gaffney, Pamela Geller, and Robert Spencer in sending a letter to Meese demanding he withdraw his endorsement of Ramadan until he answers questions about his “close relationship with the lobbying firm for Muammar Qadaffi’s Libya” and proves that he is “someone we can trust.”
