Session #114 · 2015–17

Speech #1140064303

That is. I believe. a profound mistake. The second piece of legislation I just asked this body to pass and the Democrats just objected to is legislation that would stop President Obama and Hillary Clintons plan to bring in tens of thousands of Syrian Muslim refugees to the United States in light of the declaration of war from ISIS. in light of the horrific terrorist attack and in light of the admissions from the Director of the FBI. Director Comeywho I might note President Obama appointedwho said the administration cannot vet these refugees to determine whether or not they are ISIS terrorists. Indeed. he said since they do not have the data on which of the Syrian refugees are involved with ISIS terrorism. they can query the database. but with no information in the database. he said they can query over and over again until the cows come home. but they do not have the information. Unfortunately. the Democratic Party. the Democratic Senators in this body have chosen to stand with President Obama and his absurd political correctness. his unwillingness even to utter the words "radical Islamic terrorism." The President refuses to say the words "radical Islamic terrorism." Hillary Clinton refuses to say the words "radical Islamic terrorism." Not only do they refuse to say the words. but they are supporting a policy of bringing tens of thousands of Syrian Muslim refugees into this country knowing full well we cannot vet them to determine who is coming here to wage jihad. That is a profound threat to this country. and I hope we will stand as one. This ought to be an area of bipartisan agreement.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization that Syrian Muslim refugees cannot be vetted and are a threat to the country.
Keywords matched
refugees

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Security threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
TED CRUZ
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
TX
Gender
M
Date
2015-11-19
Speech ID
1140064303
Paragraph
#0
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