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  Shadia Askar You do realize you're standing next to Sen. Issa, who is by the way of mideastern descent! He's Lebanese! I am referring to a recent quote you made that, "mideasterners shouldn't be allowed into this country!"

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  Issa and Mercer

  Gabriela Saucedo Mercer Shadia Askar, I am fully aware that California Representative Darrell Issa is and AMERICAN of Lebanese descent who LOVES the United States of America. It was on honor for me to have shaken his hand and to have met his beautiful wife at the Brian Terry Foundation dinner. FYI Rep. Issa does not have ties to ANY terrorist organizations nor does he engage in destructive behavior against US citizens. Rep. Issa is leading the investigation on the botched Fast & Furious gun running scandal that Attorney General Eric Holder is trying to wiggle out of. As a matter of fact this man is one of my heroes! Viva Darrell Issa and God Bless the USA!
  
  In Roll Call,  Daniel Neuhauser writes "when asked today about her photo with Issa, [Mercer Democratic opponent Raul] Grijalva suggested that Mercer was using the lawmaker. “I think she’s looking for cover, and you have a high-profile Middle Easterner Congressman who has a high profile nationally based on the committee he runs and suddenly they’re chummy,” Grijalva said. “I would suggest that Mr. Issa probably needs to examine that because by him taking a picture and it being posted, it validates or takes her off the hook on that subject and that’s a mistake.”"
  
  Neuhasuer went on to note that "The Mercer campaign dismissed the charge" and cited Mercer spokeswoman Rebecca Keating as saying “The narrative that Grijalva is trying to portray is not an accurate one ... She was at an occasion showing respect to a fallen Border Patrol agent and had a lot of pictures taken with a lot of people. … [Issa is] a great American that chose to come and honor the fallen soldier as well.”"
  
  The Roll Call pice added that "Issa’s spokesman did not return a request for comment. There is no evidence to indicate whether the Congressman knew who Mercer was before taking the photo."
  
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  A few factoids about Mr. Issa ...
  
  Issa was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the second of six children. His mother was a Mormon and his father Eastern Orthodox. Issa is the grandson of Lebanese immigrants. 
  
  Darrel Issa's Long Criminal Record - Tom Harper
  

  

  Darrell Issa - Crying

  
  Top 10 Darrell Issa Hall of Shame Moments 
  
  1. Issa Calls 9/11 Attacks in New York a Plane Crash
  2. Issa Weeps Over Premature Withdrawal from Gubernatorial Race
  3. Issa Attacks Families of Killed Blackwater Contractors
  4. Issa Accuses Valerie Plame of Perjury
  5. Issa Drives the Firing of U.S. Attorney Carol Lam
  6. Issa Blames Software for White House Email Destruction
  7. Issa Offers Howard Krongard a Ticket to the White House Christmas Party
  8. Issa Forces Jerry Nadler to Withdraw Truthful Statement about Bush's Illegal Domestic Surveillance
  9. Issa Defends Roger Clemens Against Steroid Allegations
  10. Issa Blames His Brother for Past Brushes with the Law
  
  

  

  Atty General Eric Holder - Exonerated

  Now Issa can add this to his list of shame: In a 472 page report, Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz of the Attorney General's Office has exonerated Eric Holder from knowledge of "Fast and Furious" and recommended discipline for 14 federal law enforcement officials  including the head of the Justice Department's criminal division, according to USA Today.
  
  “Issa is the most divisive and unethical politician I’ve seen in a long time,” says Bob Fisher, a Democrat from Issa’s district. “This whole thing with Holder is a political show. It’s all about Issa trying to make a name for himself.” - Bob Fisher, a Democrat from the 49th - How Darrell Issa’s Pursuit of Attorney General Eric Holder Is Playing Back Home - The Daily Beast
  
  What is Fast and Furious? 11 Questions and Answers
  
  For his actions on this issue, on Sept. 23 Darrell Issa has been honored as The Most Corrupt Member of Congress "for illegally revealing confidential information from a sealed wiretap in the Congressional Record — while leading a politically-motivated witch hunt intended to hurt [President] Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder — and then shielding himself from reproach and censure by claiming that he, as a member of Congress, had constitutional protections for his unethical actions."
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  Darrell Issa - Looks like a terrorist

  “If you know Middle Easterners, a lot of them, they look Mexican or they look, you know, like a lot of people in South America: dark skin, dark hair, brown eyes. And they mix. They mix in. And those people, their only, their only goal in life is to, to cause harm to the United States. So why do we want them here, either legally or illegally?”

  - Gabriela Saucedo Mercer 
  
  

  "[The] American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) has tried to decipher and understand the logic behind such comments; however a conclusion was made that Mercer does not use any logic when she moves her lips to speak. Similar findings have been made about other politicians who engage in such rhetoric. The illogical comments and statements are rooted in xenophobia and have no place in politics or our national discourse.
  
  The use of such language once again exemplifies the bigotry and racism rampant within the Republican party, and politics as a whole. The comments are in line with similar remarks made by other politicians, such as Rep. Joe Walsh of Illinois (R). The continued use of such language has led to an increase in hate crimes and violent attacks on Arab, Muslim, Sikh and South Asian communities.

  -American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee