Urge the U.S. Senate to Reject Islamophobic U.N. Ambassador Nominee Heather Nauert
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/7/18) -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is urging members of the U.S. Senate to oppose Heather Nauert’s nomination to the position of U.N. ambassador and members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to block her consideration, saying she is “Unqualified and Islamophobic.”
Early next year, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a nomination hearing for Nauert. CAIR is also urging the Senate and members of the Foreign Relations Committee to oppose and vote “NO” on Nauert’s nomination for the position of U.N. ambassador.
CAIR said Nauert promoted Islamophobic smears while employed as a Fox News anchor and does not represent our nation's diversity or its commitment to treating all Americans with equality and respect.
In 2013, she criticized special swim classes for a group of Somali-American girls, describing the classes as the “minority becoming the majority at one community pool. Sharia law is now changing everything.”
In a 2009 Fox special on “stealth jihad,” she interviewed Islamophobic panelists, including notorious Islamophobes like Robert Spencer, Frank Gaffney and Nonie Darwish, who claims that “Islam should be feared, and should be fought, and should be conquered, and defeated, and annihilated.” Nauert has also defended Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric.
Nauert previously bashed refugee students in Pennsylvania for wanting “an even better” public education and falsely claimed that child migrants from Central America were “an illegal health risk.”
Other than her current position as State Department spokesperson, Nauert has no apparent diplomatic or government experience or expertise.
“Heather Nauert does not represent our nation’s diversity or its commitment to treating all Americans with equality and respect,” said CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad.
“Such an important post should not be occupied by someone who is clearly unqualified and Islamophobic,” said CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw. “There are many other individuals who do have the knowledge and background necessary for this post. Ms. Nauert’s nomination should be withdrawn.”
In June, CAIR applauded the decision by members of the United Nation’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) to reject President Trump’s nominee for the position of director general to lead the organization, a post held by Americans since 1951.
Urge the U.S. Senate to Reject Islamophobic U.N. Ambassador Nominee Heather Nauert
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/7/18) -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is urging members of the U.S. Senate to oppose Heather Nauert’s nomination to the position of U.N. ambassador and members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to block her consideration, saying she is “Unqualified and Islamophobic.”
Early next year, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a nomination hearing for Nauert. CAIR is also urging the Senate and members of the Foreign Relations Committee to oppose and vote “NO” on Nauert’s nomination for the position of U.N. ambassador.
CAIR said Nauert promoted Islamophobic smears while employed as a Fox News anchor and does not represent our nation's diversity or its commitment to treating all Americans with equality and respect.
In 2013, she criticized special swim classes for a group of Somali-American girls, describing the classes as the “minority becoming the majority at one community pool. Sharia law is now changing everything.”
In a 2009 Fox special on “stealth jihad,” she interviewed Islamophobic panelists, including notorious Islamophobes like Robert Spencer, Frank Gaffney and Nonie Darwish, who claims that “Islam should be feared, and should be fought, and should be conquered, and defeated, and annihilated.” Nauert has also defended Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric.
Nauert previously bashed refugee students in Pennsylvania for wanting “an even better” public education and falsely claimed that child migrants from Central America were “an illegal health risk.”
Other than her current position as State Department spokesperson, Nauert has no apparent diplomatic or government experience or expertise.
“Heather Nauert does not represent our nation’s diversity or its commitment to treating all Americans with equality and respect,” said CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad.
“Such an important post should not be occupied by someone who is clearly unqualified and Islamophobic,” said CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw. “There are many other individuals who do have the knowledge and background necessary for this post. Ms. Nauert’s nomination should be withdrawn.”
In June, CAIR applauded the decision by members of the United Nation’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) to reject President Trump’s nominee for the position of director general to lead the organization, a post held by Americans since 1951.