The Constitution says that the key to citizenship is the free exercise of our right to vote, assemble and redress our grievances. And that’s what our courageous and persistent brothers and sisters are doing in Palos Township. They are protesting the arrogant and hateful remarks of Palos Trustee Sharon Brannigan, who reportedly said about Arab and Muslim Americans: “Everywhere you turn, from Orland Park to Bridgeview, those numbers are increasing in leaps and bounds…We are allowing these people whether they have peaceful intentions or not into our country without question.”
Since Brannigan’s remarks, protestors from our community doggedly lodged their protests before the Palos Board of Trustees. The Board has been silent, and this has only emboldened Brannigan who has defied responsibility for her racist conduct.
Indeed, Branigan is right about one point—our “numbers are increasing in leaps and bounds.” At last count AMVOTE’S registered voter data base in Cook County was 167,000 Arab and Muslim Americans. AMVOTE supports the protesters and their leaders who have demanded that Brannigan resign. And the inaction of the Board of Trustees will not be ignored come election time.
STOP HATE – GO VOTE
AMVOTE WILL ISSUE ENDORSEMENTS FOR NOVEMBER IN KEY RACES FOR MIDDLE EAST COMMUNITY.