Rep. Mo Brooks said Muslims would kill "every homosexual" in the country if they could. | Getty Alabama rep: Muslims in U.S. would 'kill every homosexual' if they could

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) on Thursday said that Muslims would “kill every homosexual in the United States of America” if they could, after suggesting that Democrats are trying to appeal to both the LGBT community and the Muslim community.

“On the one hand, they’re trying to appeal to the gay community, but, on the other hand, they’re trying to also appeal to the Muslim community, which, if it had its way, would kill every homosexual in the United States of America,” the Republican lawmaker said while being interviewed on the Matt & Aunie show, a radio program on Birmingham, Alabama's Talk 99.5 FM, as first reported by BuzzFeed News.


The statement came after Brooks was asked why Democrats fail to address “mainstream Muslim thought” that calls for the death of gay people, days after Omar Mateen opened fire at an LGBT night club in Orlando, Florida, killing 49 people.

Brooks also said, “It’s pretty clear that the Islamic doctrine says that you are to kill homosexuals where you find them.”

This story has been updated to reflect the radio station on which the program aired.

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