Charlie Fuqua is a lawyer and a conservative Republican who spoke at Tuesday’s meeting. In the past, he’s called for the death penalty for rebellious children.

Tuesday, he spoke on radical Islam and wanted to warn people in attendance about what he called the Muslim faith taking over the United States. We asked to speak with Fuqua, but he declined and said the media would chop up what he said and “only use the bad parts.”

KNWA asked why the Washington County Republicans decided to bring a controversial politician to the meeting. Committee member Sharon Lloyd invited Fuqua to speak at the meeting.

She said she was not aware of the former legislators comments on child death penalty, but wanted to hear his words on radical Islam.

“Charlie Fuqua a past state representative has done a lot of research on radical Islam and so he’s got an outstanding presentation. He’s written a book and I’ve really enjoyed it. Just because you have a speaker come and speak to your club doesn’t mean that you have to necessarily agree,” said Sharon Lloyd, Washington County Republican Women Committee. “The majority of what Charlie says we do align ourselves with.”

“Islam is the satanic evil the earth has ever seen,” said Charlie Fuqua.

In his presentation, Fuqua did say that not all Muslims are terrorists, but the basis of Islam supports terrorism.

The chairman of the Washington County Republicans told us he would welcome opposing views to these meetings so their party could learn from others.