Michael moore slams michigan governor for rejecting syrian refugees

Michael Moore Slams Michigan Governor For Rejecting Syrian Refugees You will be redirected back to your article in seconds Skip to main content November 20, 2015 12:02pm SERVICES TO SHARE

THIS PAGE. The Oscar-winning documentarian and famed Great Lakes State native son today took Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder to task for the Republican’s stance that he would not allow any

refugees from war-torn Syria in his state. “I’m disappointed in you, Governor Snyder, for your heartless and un-Christian actions,” Michael Moore said in a letter posted online today (read

it below). The stance of Snyder and dozens of other governors comes in the week following the horrific terrorist Paris attacks and as Western nations reconsider their military strategy in

the Middle Eastern nation. Moore’s letter Friday also comes as the director wraps up a round of promoting his new film _Where To Invade Next_. Having debuted at the Toronto Film Festival

this year, the globe-spanning docu is set to be released December 23. Here is Moore’s full letter: > Dear Gov. Snyder: >  > I just wanted to let you know that, contrary to your 

declaration of > denying Syrian refugees a home in our state of Michigan, I myself am > going to defy your ban and will offer MY home in Traverse City, > Michigan, to those very 

Syrian refugees you’ve decided to keep > out. I will contact the State Department to let them know I am happy > to provide a safe haven to any Syrian refugee couple approved by the

> Obama administration’s vetting procedures in which I have full > faith and trust. > Your action is not only disgraceful, it is, as you know, > unconstitutional (only the 

President has the legal right to decide > things like this). >  > What you’ve done is anti-American. This is not who we are supposed > to be. We are, for better and for worse, a 

nation of descendants of > three groups: slaves from Africa who were brought here in chains and > then forced to provide trillions of dollars of free labor to build > this country; 

native peoples who were mostly exterminated by white > Christians through acts of mass genocide; and immigrants from > EVERYWHERE around the globe. In Michigan we are fortunate to 

count > amongst us tens of thousands of Arab and Muslim Americans. >  > I’m disappointed in you, Governor Snyder, for your heartless and > un-Christian actions, and for joining 

in with at least 25 other > governors (all but one a Republican) who’ve decided to block legal > Syrian refugees from coming into their states. Fortunately I’m an > American and not

 a Republican. > Governor, count me out of whatever you think it means to be a > Michigander. I look forward to welcoming Syrians to my home and I > wholeheartedly encourage other 

Americans to do the same. > Michael Moore >  > P.S. By the way, my 700-sq. ft. apartment in northern Michigan is a > little small, but it’s got cable, wi-fi and a new dishwasher!

> Also, no haters live on my floor! Stop by any time for a hot > chocolate this winter 28 Comments JavaScript is required to load the comments. MARKETPLACE SITE ad