'Stop it now while you still can': MAGA melts down over police patch in state Trump won
Laura Loomer at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa on January 10, 2024 (Gage Skidmore/Flickr)
On Friday morning, September 5, Republican Dearborn Heights, Michigan Mayor Bilal "Bill" Bazzi — President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. ambassador to Tunisia — addressed MAGA Republicans' angry response to an optional police patch that incorporates Arabic. Bazzi, according to Fox 2 TV, said that the patch was strictly an idea and shouldn't have been presented as official.
The 62-year-old Bazzi was born in Lebanon but has lived in the United States since he was ten. In 2024, he endorsed Trump for president.
Although the patch was strictly optional — no officers in the Dearborn Heights Police Department would have been required to wear it if they didn't want to — many far-right MAGA Republicans and conspiracy theorists claimed that it was part of an effort to impose Sharia law in Michigan.
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On X, formerly Twitter, ACT For America's Brigitte Gabriel posted, "This is how it starts. Dearborn Heights Police Dept. now has the nation's first-ever uniform patch in Arabic. The civilization takeover has begun."
Trump ally and self-described "proud Islamophobe" Laura Loomer wrote, "Sharia Law in America. Muslims have invaded America and now they are taking over. They must be stopped."
Turning Point USA's Charlie Kirk tweeted, "Thanks to chain migration, Muslims are now a majority in Michigan's Dearborn Heights (named after a Revolutionary War general). Now, local police have rolled out the country’s first-ever police badge with Arabic script. When you get conquered, you get a new language."
MAGA Republican Albert Latham posted, "No government badge or shield or seal should ever feature any language but English, Greek or Latin.
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Amy Mek, founder of RAIR Foundation, wrote, " BREAKING AMERICA America's First Islamic-Controlled City Enacts Sharia — Non-Muslim Arrested Over Facebook Post This is where it begins. When a city welcomes Islam into political power, the mask comes off. Dearborn, Michigan — now a Muslim-majority city with a Muslim mayor and Islamic police chief — has turned into America's first test case for Sharia-style justice."
Florida State Sen. Randy Fine tweeted, "They said their goal was to bring sharia law to America. You should've believed them. Pray for Michigan."
Blaze Media's Auron MacIntyre posted, "Muslim immigration to the US must be halted immediately and mass deportations must be conducted. Stop it now while you still can."
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