True Emotion on Capitol Hill

CNN.com:

Hearings on the alleged radicalization of Muslim Americans are neither "radical or un-American," congressman Peter King said in opening the controversial House Homeland Security Committee session Thursday.

King, a Republican from New York, said recruiting young American Muslims is part of al Qaeda's strategy to continue attacking the United States and called on Americans to reject The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a prominent Muslim American advocacy group in the United States.

The first of a series of hearings opened Thursday morning despite strong criticism from American Muslims, who have called them an unfair attack on loyal citizens and a dangerous break from the traditional U.S. embrace of tolerance and pluralism.....

Minnesota Democrat Keith Ellison, the sole Muslim member of Congress, delivered sharply critical testimony. Blaming the entire Muslim community for the evil and violence of individuals, Ellison said, is "the very heart of stereotyping and scapegoating."

Earlier on CNN's "American Morning," Ellison said the "hearing actually could set us back because it reinforces the al Qaeda narrative, which is that America is at war with Islam."

Ellison faulted King for arranging anecdotal testimony rather than inviting more law-enforcement authorities or experts in terrorism, including FBI or CIA agents. He said people who don't know that would be inclined to see the hearing as a good idea.

"They think that we're having a legitimate hearing based on real investigation," Ellison said. "What we're actually doing is having a theatrical performance not really designed to get to the heart of the matter."

Sounds like McCarthyism to me....

@CNNLive Rep. Keith Ellison: "All communities are responsible for combating extremism." Live: http://on.cnn.com/cnndcl3

@willmckinley Powerful testimony by Rep Keith Ellison.

@rickklein wow - Rep. Keith Ellison broke down w/ emotion as the Peter King hearings got underway this morning

@lizzwinstead Wow. PeterKing is a sociopath. A cold ugly racist sociopath. His detachment from Keith Ellison was nothing less than chilling.

@now7grandkids PeterKing would not let statements fr thecommittee&Keith Ellison cried real tears about death on 9-11 of Muslim.Not FakeBonerTearsRT#p2

@jimgeraghty RT @rickklein: wow - Rep. Keith Ellison broke down w/ emotion as the Peter King hearings got underway | What, no jokes like with Boehner?

@Vruno @PaintnotPaint Keith Ellison is a revered public servant.

@dandavenport Peter King wants the false, homogeneous 1950s America. Keith Ellison wants the America created by the founders.

@salampacker Keith Ellison just changed course of American Muslim history, speaks of Muslim heroes on 9/11, even under defamation--Salman Hamdani example

@FishLaw Everyone should read Congressman Keith Ellison's testimony this morning: http://tinyurl.com/4t62hsm #kinghearings

@NATSEC09 You have to hear this! Minn. Rep. Keith Ellison brings House to tears with story of 9/11 Muslim hero http://twaud.io/qGXH

@MelodyMoezzi RT @asiehcnn: Compelling & powerful testimony from Muslim congressman Keith Ellison. WOW! gotta see it #CNN #NEWS