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President, Understanding the Threat

THE CAUSE

Making you very, very afraid of Muslims

NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENT

Trained members of the National Guard and U.S. Marshals Service last year

ALLIES

Frank Gaffney, ACT for America, Ector County Republican Women

MONEY QUOTE

“There’s no version of Islam that doesn’t mandate that non-Muslims convert, submit or be killed.”

IN LATE SEPTEMBER, ABOUT 100 Conservatives gathered at the Odessa Country Club to hear from two men:

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