Minuteman PAC

Minuteman PAC Fundraising For Joe Arpaio's 'Cold Case Posse'

Jillian Rayfield | September 26, 2011, 11:31AM

Minuteman volunteer Haskell (no last name) of Houston, looks across the Mexico border from atop his vehicle as a Border Patrol helicopter passes overhead.

Minuteman PAC wants to capitalize on that key subset of anti-immigration activists who are birthers.

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Minuteman PAC

Minuteman PAC -- Now With More Islamophobia?

Jillian Rayfield | August 31, 2010, 8:30AM

Minuteman volunteer Haskell (no last name) of Houston, looks across the Mexico border from atop his vehicle as a Border Patrol helicopter passes overhead.

The border patrolling Minuteman are primarily known for their vehement opposition to illegal immigration. But now, amidst the country's recent anti-mosque fervor, it seems one arm of the group is dabbling in a new kind of campaign -- fear-mongering about radical Islam.

In an e-mail last week, the Minuteman PAC used an attack on Rep. Andre Carson (D-IN) to fundraise against his re-election campaign, referring to Carson as an "Islamist" who is "championing Islam, the Ground Zero Mosque and Sharia law in America!"

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