Cory Booker Grills Pompeo on Islamophobia: Do You Think that Muslim Americans Who Don’t Speak Out Are ‘Complicit in Terrorist Attacks’

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BOOKER: "Your words right now are really encouraging. Words do matter. It’s not just actions. In a nation of bigotry, where you see too much bigotry and hatred, we both know words matter. So I do understand your actions, and I will stipulate to the actions you just said. But I really want to get to the bottom of people who are going to be reading your past statements and give you a chance to further explain them. I would like to go back to what we talked about, you and I, about this idea, and I’m quoting you, this special obligation falls on Muslims, in regards to terrorist attacks in our country. You said something very dramatic, and I know you know this. You said that people who are silent are complicit in those terrorist attacks. Do you think that Muslim Americans in this country who serve in our military, who serve in the State Department, their failure to speak up, is that — are they complicit in terrorist attacks?"