Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman from Texas, my good friend, Congressman Gohmert. I appreciate your yielding, and I appreciate your willingness to engage in the most important dialogues facing our Nation night after night. Thank you again for allowing me to intrude a bit on your time. I wanted to raise something of the utmost urgency, Mr. Speaker. Mosul is Iraq's second largest city. For 1600 years, Mosul has been a center of Christian life, and, today, not a single Christian remains. Now, who could have imagined that 1 month ago--just a month ago-- large swaths of the country of Iraq would be invaded--conquered--by an army of religious fanatics who would fly a flag that is a black banner of death. After capturing Mosul, this group, known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, commonly called ISIS, issued an ultimatum to the Christians who lived in this city. They said three things: you must depart; you must convert to Islam--or you will die by the sword. They did more than that. Mr. Speaker, they did this: this is the Arabic letter for ``N,'' and it is pronounced ``none.'' It is a symbol that stands for the word ``Nazarene,'' which is a denigrating term used to describe Christians in the area by some. In their brutal campaign against Christians and other religious minorities, ISIS spray-painted this letter on the doors of the remaining Christians' homes, their businesses and their churches, except they didn't do it in gold. They did it in red--blood red. Leave, convert, or die. Mr.…”