Local politicians initially defended the Cordoba House center against right-wing attack.
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However, even at this stage, the community center was still far from becoming a symbol of Muslim “insensitivity.” When Mark Williams, a Tea Party leader, attacked Imam Rauf, New York City politicians came out against Williams and asserted their support for the center. Williams’s blog posts were quite extreme in their rhetoric. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 661
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- Cordoba House initially won broad bipartisan elite and media support. (similarity 0.79)