In a recent story for Mother Jones about Islamophobia in the GOP,
the reporter Tim Murphy started with a list of things that lawmakers have said about Muslims recently.
Muslims don't belong in American society.
That was Representative Andy Ogles of Tennessee.
We need more Islamophobia, not less.
Representative Randy Fine of Florida.
No more Muslims, says Rep. Chip Roy of Texas.
I hate Islam.
It's a demonic death cult.
That's Lieutenant Governor Mike Beckwith of Indiana.
There was a lot more.
We don't have time for all of it.
But statements like that have become a kind of currency among some Republicans in the run up to the midterms.
Essentially, what we're seeing now is this rhetoric that is describing every Muslim
and the religion itself as potentially dangerous.
Coming up on Today Explained from Vox, Islamophobia goes mainstream again.
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