The New Republic: on Homeland Security


Justin Amash: Wants to close Guantanamo prison

Amash has always been something of a wild man compared to the Republican status quo, and a "close, but not perfect" kind of libertarian ally. Not yet 40, he is the son of Palestinan father and a Syrian mother, both Christian. It's almost impressive that he hasn't fielded more tinfoil-hatted accusations of being a secret backer of Sharia law--though he has been accused of being in the tank for Al Qaeda for wanting to close Gitmo.
Source: The New Republic magazine on 2020 presidential hopefuls Jul 29, 2019

Josh Shapiro: Pro-Hamas college protests threaten student safety

In April, Shapiro's office baselessly claimed that a peaceful pro-Palestine encampment on the Penn campus threatened student safety. "If the universities in accordance with their policies can't guarantee the safety and security and well-being of the students, then I think it is incumbent upon a local mayor or local town councilor to step in and enforce the law," Shapiro told Politico at the time. In May, he urged Penn to shut down the encampment completely. The university complied; Shapiro's office said Penn "made the right decision."

The New York Times profiled Shapiro with the headline "A Rising Democrat Leans Into the Campus Fight Over Antisemitism." In that piece, Shapiro made clear the low regard in which he holds pro-Palestine campus activists. "If you had a group of white supremacists camped out and yelling racial slurs every day, that would be met with a different response than antisemites camped out, yelling antisemitic tropes," he said.

Source: The New Republic on 2024 Vice Presidential hopefuls Jul 24, 2024

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2016 Presidential contenders on Homeland Security:
  Republicans:
Gov.Jeb Bush(FL)
Dr.Ben Carson(MD)
Gov.Chris Christie(NJ)
Sen.Ted Cruz(TX)
Carly Fiorina(CA)
Gov.Jim Gilmore(VA)
Sen.Lindsey Graham(SC)
Gov.Mike Huckabee(AR)
Gov.Bobby Jindal(LA)
Gov.John Kasich(OH)
Gov.Sarah Palin(AK)
Gov.George Pataki(NY)
Sen.Rand Paul(KY)
Gov.Rick Perry(TX)
Sen.Rob Portman(OH)
Sen.Marco Rubio(FL)
Sen.Rick Santorum(PA)
Donald Trump(NY)
Gov.Scott Walker(WI) 		Democrats:
Gov.Lincoln Chafee(RI)
Secy.Hillary Clinton(NY)
V.P.Joe Biden(DE)
Gov.Martin O`Malley(MD)
Sen.Bernie Sanders(VT)
Sen.Elizabeth Warren(MA)
Sen.Jim Webb(VA)

2016 Third Party Candidates:
Gov.Gary Johnson(L-NM)
Roseanne Barr(PF-HI)
Robert Steele(L-NY)
Dr.Jill Stein(G,MA)
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