On the recordFebruary 3, 2017
As many have explained on this floor, Trump's executive order, his Muslim ban, repudiates our values and violates our Constitution. After 20 years on the Foreign Affairs Committee, I think it is important to come to this floor and explain how that executive order is harmful to our national security. Trump's executive order plays right into the ISIS narrative. It says that there is a clash of civilizations and that all Islam is our enemy. ISIS, which has, perhaps, a few hundred thousand followers, dreams of convincing all of Islam--dreams of convincing 1.5 billion Muslims--that they are at war with America and the West. We do not have a clash of civilizations. We have a clash between civilization and the forces of darkness bent on destroying civilization, whether they reside in Raqqa or at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. ____________________
