(Public Radio Tulsa) The Oklahoma Democratic Party and state chapter of a Muslim civil rights and advocacy group strongly disapprove of the Oklahoma Republican Party’s new leader.
Former state representative John Bennett was elected state GOP chair this weekend. As a lawmaker, he referred to Islam as a “cancer that must be cut out of America,” made Muslim students visiting his office fill out a form asking if they beat their wives and once accepted an award from an anti-Muslim hate group.
Council on American-Islamic Relations Oklahoma Executive Director Adam Soltani said he thought the state was making progress.
