“It blatantly represented the Islamophobia, xenophobia, and bigotry that exists among some [PA House] leaders,” Johnson-Harrell. “It was planned and meant to be insulting to me and my guests and was done in the name of Jesus, which is blasphemy.”
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Muslim PA state rep who was offended by Christian prayer is charged with stealing from children’s charity
News December 05, 2019
A Muslim Pennsylvania state lawmaker has been charged for allegedly stealing half a million dollars from a charity she founded.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said in a statement Thursday that Rep. Movita Johnson-Harrell (D) had been charged with numerous charges of theft, perjury, and tampering.
Johnson-Harrell had previously made headlines for being offended by a Christian prayer offered before a session of the Pennsylvania Legislature in March. Continue reading