Urging Iowa Voters to Support a United Vision for America
By Salam Al-Marayati
MPAC President

Dear Friend,
In less than a week, the residents of Iowa will be marking the first electoral test for presidential candidates vying to become the nominees for the two established political parties. 
 Historically, the   Iowa caucuses   kick off the presidential campaign season after months of debates and political posturing by contenders (and some pretenders). 
It is for this reason that we – in coordination with interfaith leaders – thought it was necessary to share our concerns about the current climate of divisiveness and hate, and to urge Iowa voters to send a strong message to the rest of the country that America is great and strong when it stands for freedom, pluralism and unity.
In our open letter, which is set to be distributed this Friday via   The Des Moines Register , it reads, in part:
“We understand that our country faces great challenges today, but we also know we are at our best when we are united and at our worst when we turn on one another.  Candidates who promote divisiveness among our population would have us forget that our great American experiment, as put forth by our Founding Fathers, is based on us being an inclusive nation working together and building upon the ideas and values established in our Constitution:  freedom, pluralism and democracy.”
Read the entire letter here .
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