how many of you have heard of glendon scott crawford. he was convicted in august of plotting to slaughter muslims up there. he was convicted. he got 25 years to life. how about robert dold are? planning with a group of men with a machete to cut the muslims to shreds and kill them. how do you tell your children that people are coming to kill you just because of your faith? those are the stakes we are dealing with. i hope you keep that in mind. there are cards on your table. i'm an optimist. i think that the work is on the front lines of making life better. there are no hurricane muslim names. that's helpful. turn on your tv. "hurricane mahmoud is coming." that's not helpful. look away. most americans will not let them do that. keep in mind -- we will continue on now. we have the opportunity to honor an outstanding ally who has been crucial. we will be honoring the former head of the interfaith analysis -- society. our next speaker as a deep understanding of public policy. she used to work for the aclu. she's really a powerhouse and a fire

or being hyperbolic we see a spike in the attacks on mosques how many people know the name glendon scott crawford was convicted in august of plotting to go to new york state with a weapon of mass destruction to slaughter muslims up there. he was convicted. how about robert plotting to go with a group of men with a machete machete that cuts for muslims to shreds and kill them. how do you tell your children people are coming to kill you just because of your faith? that's what you're doing. so i have to keep in mind that there are cards on your table. make a pledge. i'm an optimist. i think the words here are on the frontlines of making things better for young people of any faith that right now especially muslims and i also optimistic they could give muslims hurricane names into that wouldn't help us. [laughter] they've also been pushed to the local law enforcement around the country to investigate hate crimes and sometimes people look away. so keep them in mind and today we will continue on the opportunity to offer an outstanding ally who has been crucial to muslim advocates in their fight for free