Chris Christie has no shame. The same obnoxious candidate whose debating style was all about mentioning that he had been a Federal prosecutor ten times in every sentence is still defending his favorite Hamas mosque. Ryan Mauro at the Clarion Project updates what's been taking place at Christie's perfectly ordinary nice non-radical Islamic mosque.
GOP presidential candidate New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is still praising a Hamas-linked mosque in his state, saying, "The folks in the local mosque in Paterson, the ones I interact with, they are not radical Islamic jihadists." He is referring to the Islamic Center of Passaic County—and he's praised its imam for years even though the Department of Homeland Security is seeking his deportation for his links to Hamas.
And there have been more recent developments.
On November 22, 2015, the mosque held a memorial for "the martyred niece of Sheik Qatanani who died yesterday in Palestine." This means she was killed in a confrontation with Israel. A Facebook user commented under the announcement, "We are pround [sic] about her, she was defending for Al Aqsa [Jerusalem]."
In an interview with Hezbollah's media outlet, her father praised her for having "inherited the love of the resistance and the love of Sayyed Nasrallah from me," apparently referring to the leader of the Hezbollah terrorist group whose lectures she listened to. He recalled her visiting him in prison and "until the last night before her martyrdom she kept on drawing the veiled face of a resistance fighter." Nasrallah called Sheikh Qatanani directly after she died.
So Christie has moved on from pals linked to Hamas... to pals linked to Hezbollah. Just local "folks" who are not radical Islamic Jihadists. So they must be moderate Islamic Jihadists.
"And, of course, my association over the years and my kind words over the years about Imam Qatanani. He's here tonight, welcome sir. Glad you could be here," Christie is seen saying.
He then again said Qatanani has "tried to be a force for good" and this is known by "those of us who have gotten to know and work with him over the years."
Almost as much as Chris Christie has tried to be a force for good.