(Charleston Gazette-Mail) Anti-Muslim material on display Friday at the West Virginia Capitol set off a series of events that culminated in a legislative aide seeking medical attention, another resigning and a House Democrat potentially facing punitive action from the chamber.
The controversy began when a group set up a display in connection with “WV GOP Day” at the Capitol. The group, ACT for America, set up a poster juxtaposing a photo of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., with an image of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
The group also handed out literature, including a booklet titled “Readin’, Writin’, and Jihadin’: The Islamization of American Public Schools.”
Omar, a freshman congresswoman, is a Somali-American and a Muslim.
