Biden Adviser: Most Americans Would Welcome Syrian Refugees Living in Their Town

‘We’ve welcomed refugees for the entire history of our nation’

Biden Adviser: Most Americans Would Welcome Syrian Refugees Living In Their Town (The Washington Free Beacon)

An adviser to Vice President Joe Biden told MSNBC Wednesday he thought most Americans would Syrian refugees into their towns, but a Bloomberg poll out today shows a majority of respondents oppose such measures.

MSNBC anchor Brian Williams asked national security adviser Colin Kahl a question he said went to “proof of conviction.”

“I’m going to put a Syrian family in your neighbors’ homes, on both sides of you, and I’m going to ask your town where you live to take in 100 families. You have no problem?” Williams asked.

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