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𝐆𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐍 𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐊 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐖𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐎𝐍 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐎𝐏-𝐄𝐃 “𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐋𝐈𝐌𝐒 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃𝐍’𝐓 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐆” 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐃𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐀 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐒 𝐎𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐘 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐀 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐙𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐁𝐋𝐄. The Washington Post’s April 8 op-ed by Shadi Hamid — subtitled 𝘐’𝘮 𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 — argued that Muslims should not have to culturally converge with the American mainstream (Washington Post, Fox News). Glenn Beck sat down on his show and walked through it line by line. On the WaPo framing: “𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭-𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦-𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴” On the non-negotiables of American citizenship: “𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩? 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢” On Europe as the warning: “𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦. 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘎𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘎𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘸” And the hard line: “𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴, 𝘰𝘶𝘵. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯. 𝘐𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘢𝘸” Beck’s receipts are real. The WaPo op-ed was written in response to Rep. 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐲 𝐎𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐬 saying “𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺” and Sen. 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐲 𝐓𝐮𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞 saying “𝘐’𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘴” (Fox News). Hamid’s core argument, per Daily Caller: “𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺’𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮. 𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵”. The statistics Beck is referencing are devastating. 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬 in multiple NATO members because Muslim male populations in key cohorts are above assimilation-viable thresholds. Germany’s Bundeswehr has publicly struggled to recruit. The UK, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands all have “𝘯𝘰-𝘨𝘰 𝘻𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴” where Sharia-adjacent social codes are de facto enforced (multiple European security reports). 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰: 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧, 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐚 𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞. 𝐆𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐧𝐨. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐨.