Mark Shields Likens the KKK to ISIS: Violence ‘Not Limited to One Faith or One Nation’

‘It brings out the most xenophobic and the most unserious and irresponsible American attitudes, I think, in this debate on refugees’

WOODRUFF: “We had Democratic Congressman Gerry Connolly on the program last night, Mark, who said: We’re all getting phone calls about this. The public is concerned.”

SHIELDS: “No, I — and I think it’s a failure of leadership on Capitol Hill, not simply to vote, and the way people did vote, but it’s a failure of leadership. Paul Ryan is the new speaker of the House. He’s the one responsible voice. And what does he do? He has pledged a regular order. We’re going to have hearings. We’re going to do these things. It happens last weekend, and on Wednesday, they have got a vote on the floor. This is the time to consider. Judy, this is a nation of immigrants that hates foreigners? I mean, this is a country that says, we’re going to have a religious test? How would you like to be the organizing propaganda minister of ISIS? And you say, let me tell you what the United States says. If you’re a Christian, you can come in. There are no Christian terrorists. Have they met the Ku Klux Klan? I mean, we — it’s not restricted to one faith. This is a terrible, terrible group of people. They are hateful. They are just villains. But, I mean, this is not limited to one faith or one nation. And it brings out the most xenophobic and the most unserious and irresponsible American attitudes, I think, in this debate on refugees.”

WOODRUFF: “Hold that thought. We’re going to come back and talk about it some more next week. Mark Shields, David Brooks, thank you.”

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