Friday, May 8, 2015

[UPDATE] George Bennett: "Keynoter at Texas ‘Draw Muhammad’ cartoon contest coming to Palm Beach County GOP dinner"

[UPDATE: Well, that didn't take long. See end of post for the latest.]

Wouldn't be surprised to hear this gets cancelled, and very shortly. The word "taunting" comes to mind. From George Bennett at the Post On Politics blog:
    Dutch politician Geert Wilders, a prominent critic of Islam who was keynote speaker at the “Draw Muhammad” contest in Texas where two gunmen opened fire and were killed Sunday, is coming to Palm Beach County as a guest of the local GOP this summer.
     Wilders is scheduled to speak at the Palm Beach County Republican Party’s annual Lobsterfest fundraising dinner on Aug. 15 in Boca Raton. [emphasis added]
     Wilders — who said in his Texas speech that he is “on death lists of Al-Qaeda and the Pakistani Taliban and terrorists from ISIS because I tell people the truth about Islam” — travels with his own security detail, Palm Beach County GOP Chairman Michael Barnett said.
     Barnett said the Republican Party has also arranged for extra security at the dinner at Boca West Country Club and that safety will be a top concern.
[Here's the latest from George Bennett. The timeline here is Mr. Bennett broke the story on 5/5. I knew the reaction would be quick but didn't think it would happen this fast.]