Twenty-three states adopted an anti-sharia model bill authored by a fringe conspiracy theorist.

Evidence

Upon the election of Donald J. Trump as President, twenty-three states introduced anti-sharia legislation. As The Tennessean once again notes, the bills are alike because they are based on a model bill. It should surprise no one that “[t]he legislation was developed by the Center for Security Policy, which was founded by Frank Gaffney, a Reagan-era acting assistant secretary of defense, who pushes conspiracy theories alleging radical Muslims have infiltrated the government.” — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 290

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the earlier chapter on anti-sharia bills framing devout Muslim practice as treasonous grounds for military exclusion. — connects to: A conspiracy-peddling lawyer drove 201 anti-Sharia bills in 43 states; A single template anti-Sharia bill was introduced 216 times in 43 states — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes…, 804; A small network of model bills drove state anti-sharia and federal Muslim bans — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 290 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• A conspiracy-peddling lawyer drove 201 anti-Sharia bills in 43 states #corroborates (0.92)
• A single template anti-Sharia bill was introduced 216 times in 43 states #corroborates (0.88) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 804
• Anti-Sharia legislation spread across 43 states via one network’s fabricated data #corroborates (0.85)