A Tennessee Republican congressman sparked widespread fury across social media after weighing in on last weekend’s Islamic terrorist attack in New York City, but he is not backing down one inch.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, two male Islamist terrorists threw a homemade bomb in an attempt to kill protesters at an anti-Islam rally outside Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s official residence on Saturday. The bomb was laced with metal and powerful explosives, according to the New York Times.
Fortunately, no one was injured in the incident.
One of the men screamed “Allahu Akbar!” while getting arrested.
The two thugs responsible for the terror attack, 18-year-old Emir Balat and 19-year-old Ibrahim Kayumi, were charged </> in federal court yesterday with attempting to support ISIS.
A furious Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) responded to the terror attack with an extremely provocative comment: Muslims do not belong in the United States.
“Muslims don’t belong in American society,” Ogles wrote. “Pluralism is a lie.”
Muslims don’t belong in American society.
Pluralism is a lie.
— Rep. Andy Ogles (@RepOgles) March 9, 2026
Ogles’ tweet prompted a series of furious responses from leftist Democrats, including elected officials. Some demanded that Ogles be expelled from Congress, while others demanded the GOP denounce his remarks.
Andy Ogles is a malignant clown and pathological liar who has fabricated his whole life story.
Disgusting Islamophobes like you do not belong in Congress or in civilized society.
And that’s why House Democrats will defeat you in November. pic.twitter.com/p4uT0HqREw
— Hakeem Jeffries (@hakeemjeffries) March 9, 2026
This disgusting shit doesn’t belong in American society.
And Republicans who support it don’t belong in Congress. pic.twitter.com/qmBw1WeeaE
— Katherine Clark (@WhipKClark) March 9, 2026
This is as unAmerican as it gets. My Republican colleagues must denounce this immediately. https://t.co/CELgp689oc
— Rep. Debbie Dingell (@RepDebDingell) March 9, 2026
Disgusting comments. America was founded on the idea of religious freedom. Republicans must denounce this now! https://t.co/cAp9YOMAs8
— Governor Newsom Press Office (@GovPressOffice) March 9, 2026
It takes breathtaking ignorance to serve in Congress and still not understand that religious freedom applies to everyone.
It’s a disgrace that House Republicans continue to elevate and defend this kind of open bigotry. pic.twitter.com/qKpgCs7OM1
— Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (@BennieGThompson) March 9, 2026
Racism and religious bigotry are the lie—not pluralism—and Andy Ogles doesn’t know the American Constitution, which guarantees Free Exercise of Religion, no Establishment of Religion, Equal Protection and no religious tests for public office.
Ogles is lucky there’s no… https://t.co/bN4lFHjN3m
— Rep. Jamie Raskin (@RepRaskin) March 9, 2026
This isn’t the time for merely censuring or calling for an investigation. We need to stop fucking around with these people.
Andy Ogles needs to be expelled from the U.S. House. https://t.co/1e359At6od
— Charlotte Clymer
(@cmclymer) March 9, 2026
When Rep. Andy Ogles suggests that an entire religious group “doesn’t belong” in our society, he isn’t just attacking a community—he’s attacking the foundation of the American experiment.
Under the current administration, this brand of “us vs. them” rhetoric has moved from the… pic.twitter.com/qq0PFvbblG
— Andrew Weinstein (@Weinsteinlaw) March 9, 2026
“To Hakeem Jeffries, Gavin Newsom, and the high-ranking Democrats flooding X to condemn me,” Ogles said. “A Muslim shot and killed three Americans in Texas. Two Muslims tried to blow up New York City…again.”
“Meanwhile, all DHS counterterrorism programs are unfunded because you shut them down.”
To Hakeem Jeffries, Gavin Newsom, and the high-ranking Democrats flooding X to condemn me:
A Muslim shot and killed three Americans in Texas. Two Muslims tried to blow up New York City…again. Meanwhile, all DHS counterterrorism programs are unfunded because you shut them down. pic.twitter.com/4Kji78jGIE
— Rep. Andy Ogles (@RepOgles) March 9, 2026
Ogles added that no one would be saying a word if he said the same thing about Christians.
“My comments wouldn’t even be a news story if I had said this about Christians,” Ogles wrote. “Please spare me your moral outrage. Cry harder. ”
“Christ is King.”
My comments wouldn’t even be a news story if I had said this about Christians.
Please spare me your moral outrage. Cry harder.
Christ is King. https://t.co/6hYqQf7jlK
— Rep. Andy Ogles (@RepOgles) March 9, 2026
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