Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville was referring to Mamdani’s swearing-in on a Quran. The Council on American-Islamic Relations has documented a history of anti-Muslim statements from him.

Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville from Alabama posted on social media: “The enemy is inside the gates” upon learning that Zohran Mamdani became the first mayor of New York City to be sworn in using a Quran.

The Quran is the primary religious text of Islam, akin to the Christian Bible. Mamdani is the first Muslim mayor of New York, the nation’s largest city.

Tuberville, a conservative football coach-turned-politician, has a history of making anti-Muslim statements, according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR.

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    If Tuberville is against it, there’s a near 100% change this is good for average working people and bad for billionares.

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    Let’s face it, the enemy is, in fact inside the gates. It’s painted orange, and it’s shitting its pants whilst sitting in the whitehouse fantasizing about little girls (when not in a dementia fever dream).

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    Apart from this Alabama douche being an asshole, the concept of swearing on a book of fables needs to go away.

    But, it’s always funny to me when Christians and Muslims fight over their religions, it’s like two 3 year olds arguing which power ranger is more powerful…

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    If he keeps to his Oath, he can swear on whatever book he wants.

    Maybe that is why US politicians lie so much, the bible is the problem /s

    Personally if I ever need to take an oath, I am doing it on a copy of the 7 tenets of the Satanic Temple.

    That or Small Gods by Terry Pratchett.

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      When we swore an oath to protect The Constitution upon enlistment in the military, we didn’t use anything. Probably a good idea since I doubt that every MEPS branch wants to have several hundred holy books on hand, JIC.

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    So many republicans are smart people pretending to be folksy morons. Tuberville is the genuine article.

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    Another pedophile giving an opinion no one asked for.

    When your voter base only likes you cause you are just as shitty a human being as they are, ouch.

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    Oh is the stupid piece of shit lil tommy tooberville speaking? Hey look, the more he opens his mouth, the more shit falls out of it! look! Wow! What a completely unhinged fucking moron. I weep for our future.