No, Congressman Brooks, The Muslim Community Doesn’t Want To ‘Kill Every Homosexual’ In The U.S.

An Alabama congressman responded to the recent Orlando shooting by demonizing the entire American Islamic community on Thursday, making the unsubstantiated claim that U.S. Muslims want to “kill every homosexual” in the country.

According to BuzzFeed, Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) made the sweeping condemnation during an appearance on the Matt & Aunie show on WAPI radio, where he was discussing the recent tragic massacre of 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida at the hands of an ISIS-affiliated shooter. When Brooks was asked by the host why progressives “run away from the reality” that “mainstream Muslim thought” is purportedly to kill LGBT people, he responded by suggesting that Democrats were making a calculated play for Islamic votes, even though Muslims only make up roughly 1 percent of the U.S. population.

“On the one hand, [Democrats are] trying to appeal to the gay community, but, on the other hand, they’re trying to also appeal to the Muslim community, which, if it had its way, would kill every homosexual in the United States of America,” he said....
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/06/16/3789542/muslims-mo-brooks-has-trouble-with-facts/