Ted Cruz in Interviews during 2017-2019

On Civil Rights: Allow Muslims in leadership roles in state Republican Party

Shahid Shafi identifies as a Republican because of his firm belief in small government, lower taxes and secure borders. But a group of Tarrant County Republicans will vote on whether to remove Shafi as vice-chairman of the county party because he's Muslim. Those in favor of the motion to recall Shafi, a trauma surgeon and member of the Southlake City Council, have said he doesn't represent all Tarrant County Republicans. They've also said Islamic ideologies run counter to the U.S. Constitution--an assertion many Texas GOP officials have called bigoted and Shafi himself has vehemently denied.

Several prominent Texas Republicans have rallied behind Shafi leading up to Thursday's vote--a list that includes U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush.

Shafi's supporters compared the attacks against the surgeon to rhetoric the Ku Klux Klan used in the early 20th century against Catholics and Jews running for political office.

Source: Texas Tribune on 2020 presidential hopefuls Jan 9, 2019

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