On Friday, activist and filmmaker Michael Moore decided to write Michigan Governor Rick Snyder an open letter via Facebook<\/p>\n
In his classic style, here is Michael Moore\u2019s letter:<\/p>\n
Dear Gov. Snyder:<\/p>\n
I just wanted to let you know that, contrary to your declaration of denying Syrian refugees a home in our state of Michigan, I myself am going to defy your ban and will offer MY home in Traverse City, Michigan, to those very Syrian refugees you\u2019ve decided to keep out. I will contact the State Department to let them know I am happy to provide a safe haven to any Syrian refugee couple approved by the Obama administration\u2019s vetting procedures in which I have full faith and trust.<\/p>\n
Your action is not only disgraceful, it is, as you know, unconstitutional (only the President has the legal right to decide things like this).<\/p>\n
What you\u2019ve done is anti-American. This is not who we are supposed to be. We are, for better and for worse, a nation of descendants of three groups: slaves from Africa who were brought here in chains and then forced to provide trillions of dollars of free labor to build this country; native peoples who were mostly exterminated by white Christians through acts of mass genocide; and immigrants from EVERYWHERE around the globe. In Michigan we are fortunate to count amongst us tens of thousands of Arab and Muslim Americans.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m disappointed in you, Governor Snyder, for your heartless and un-Christian actions, and for joining in with at least 25 other governors (all but one a Republican) who\u2019ve decided to block legal Syrian refugees from coming into their states. Fortunately I\u2019m an American and not a Republican.<\/p>\n
Governor, count me out of whatever you think it means to be a Michigander. I look forward to welcoming Syrians to my home and I wholeheartedly encourage other Americans to do the same.<\/p>\n
Michael Moore<\/p>\n
P.S. By the way, my 700-sq. ft. apartment in northern Michigan is a little small, but it\u2019s got cable, wi-fi and a new dishwasher! Also, no haters live on my floor! Stop by anytime for a hot chocolate this winter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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