But increasingly, it appears GOP leaders have largely given up policing them — at least publicly. “When you seek to come to a country and not assimilate, but to impose Sharia law — Sharia law is in conflict with the US Constitution — that is that conflict that people are talking about,” Johnson said. “I think we’ve got plenty of examples of good people.”There were a few Republicans who expressed more direct opposition to Ogles’ post, as Desjardins reported. As the New York Times’ Annie Karni and others noted, GOP leaders didn’t have much to say about that, either. And Republicans don’t seem to have a lot to say, even as these kinds of comments proliferate.

Source: CNN March 11, 2026 20:46 UTC