Dear Rep. King

Let's set aside the fact that radical Muslims are a vanishingly small percentage (much less than 1%) of the global and American Muslim community. The fact that Muslim Americans are the number one source of tips exposing domestic terror plots in the US. The fact that more domestic terror plots have been carried out by non-Muslims than Muslims in the last two years. The fact that you, Rep. King, have made ludicrous statements supporting the NRA and claiming that 80% of American Mosques are lead by radical leaders. The fact that your hearings will probably only hurt the crucial relationship between the Muslim American community and law enforcement. The fact that as Muslim American US Representative Bob Ellison explained in his tearful testimony, many Muslims died in the attacks of 9/11/2001 while trying to save lives, not end them. Let's set these facts aside because they are not the issue.

The issue, Rep. King, is your blatant disregard for the spirit of the founding documents you have sworn to uphold. The very idea of the US Congress holding hearings to investigate a community of Americans simply because they are members of one of the world's largest religions is patently un-American. It is furthermore a betrayal of Conservatism, which holds fervently that the right of the people to worship freely shall not be infringed upon by the state. 

As an American, as a Conservative, as a person of faith, I am deeply angered by your actions.

Sources: WaPo 1 | WaPo 2 | WaPo 3 | Daily Beast | MuslimsForPeace