On Sunday, election monitors declared Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi the victor in Egypt’s first democratic election since Hosni Mubarak stepped down 16 months ago amidst the Arab Spring protests. At least one US congressman is not happy about the news, and once again has resorted to anti-Muslim rhetoric in the process. Allen West (R-FL) [...]
via ThinkProgress http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/06/25/505484/rep-allen-west-suggests-cutting-foreign-aid-to-egypt-to-protest-the-countrys-first-democratic-election/?mobile=nc
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