Open Thread: Pelosi Wants to Investigate Mosque Opponents

August 18th, 2010 9:30 AM

That's right, not the people building the Ground Zero Mosque, the people who are leading the grassroots campaign to prevent it from being built. She said the following to reporters (audio here):

There is no question that there is a concerted effort to make this a political issue by some. And I join those who have called for looking into how is this opposition to the mosque being funded. How is this being ginned up that here we are talking about Treasure Island, something we've been working on for decades, something of great interest to our community as we go forward to an election about the future of our country and two of the first three questions are about a zoning issue in New York City.

So Pelosi's complaint is that voters care about this issue. And her response is to call for an investigation. What are your thoughts on her statement?