Cordoba House initially had cross-partisan establishment support

Evidence

The far right’s effort to brand the center as the “victory mosque” was successful because it built on the media hysteria whipped up in the previous months by the Obama administration. The frenzy around “homegrown terrorism” opened the door, and it was just a matter of time before the far right came waltzing (or perhaps goose-stepping) in. These forces, along with sectors of the Republican Party, were so successful in setting the terms of the debate that anywhere between 54 and 68 percent of Americans expressed opposition to the project at its proposed location. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 521 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Cordoba House initially won broad bipartisan elite and media support.; Majority of Americans opposed the Cordoba House project; Local politicians initially defended the Cordoba House center against right-wing attack. (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Liberal capitulation in the Cordoba House affair doubled as right-wing movement growth #expands (1.00)
• The Cordoba House opposition was enabled by prior Obama-era homegrown terrorism hysteria. #complicates (0.90) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 521