Rep. Andre Carson, D-Ind., has declared that tea partiers on Capitol Hill would like “to see African-Americans hanging from trees.” And he suggested that U.S. schools should be modeled after Islamic madrassas, where education is based on the Quran.
Now, he’s going to be privy to some of the nation’s most sensitive intelligence.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi announced she will appoint him as the first Muslim lawmaker on the body’s Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Politico reported Tuesday.
A senior Democratic aide said Pelosi announced the move during a weekly caucus of minority Democrats....