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The GOP's Anti-Muslim Wing Is in Retreat

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jogiff1/03/2013 5:45:54 am PST

“Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), who in 2007 became the chamber’s first-ever Muslim member, says several Republican House members quietly approached him to apologize for the Abedin episode.”

To me that sounds like the most heartening part of this story. Public apologies from politicians are always suspect. When the wrong-doer apologizes personally and privately then there’s no political benefit and they probably sincerely feel bad.