Washington, D.C. – Today Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) delivered a speech on the floor of the U.S. House condemning the assassination of the U.S. Ambassador to Libya, John Christopher Stevens, and three other Americans.
As Delivered:
“Mr. Speaker, In Egypt, our embassy walls were scaled and the American flag ripped apart.
“In Libya, America’s Ambassador and three other Americans were brutally murdered.
“Ironically, our own Embassy in Egypt apologized by condemning Americans who exercised their religious and free speech rights as, quote, “misguided individuals [who] hurt the religious feelings of Muslims.”
“The White House, rivaling the Keystone Cops of lore, distanced itself from its own State Department apology.
“Let’s be clear. In Libya, this White House spent American treasury and risked American lives to topple Moammar Gadhafi thus empowering those who killed our Ambassador.
“Not one to learn from history or its own mistakes, this White House says that America ‘will work… to support a Syrian opposition to hasten the day when Assad falls.’
“Mr. Speaker, America must stop spending our treasury and risking American lives for those who neither appreciate our sacrifices, nor believe in basic liberties like freedom of religion and freedom of speech.
“Mr. Speaker, I pray the President is listening.”
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