Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is a "liberal, a left-winger" at a time when "political correctness is literally getting people killed today," Texas Rep. Brian Babin told
Newsmax TV on Wednesday.
"He's going to build bridges into this country," the first-term Republican told "Newsmax Now" host John Bachman. "It's a bridge that would wind up being an open door of opportunity for ISIS and other terrorist groups to come right into our country legally and at taxpayer expense to have a basis of operation for their terrorist groups.
"I'm not willing to do that," Babin said.
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In a veiled swipe at Donald Trump,
Zuckerberg Tuesday warned against "fearful voices calling for building walls" and said that Facebook would continue to focus on connecting people around the world.
Babin is a sponsor of amendments to pending House legislation that would temporarily ban Syrian refugees from being admitted into the United States.
"I have compassion on these people, but we have to stop this program until we can properly vet these people," he told Bachman.
The amendments, Babin said, would "make Homeland Security, the FBI certify that they are doing enhanced screenings and vettings of these potential refugees coming to us" from Syria and other lands.
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