Summary: A recent review recovered deleted blog posts by Tammy Bruce in which she made disparaging remarks about American Muslims, attacked the United Nations, and posted insults about Barack Obama. The posts date from the years after 9/11 through 2010 and include direct quotes calling for Muslims to prove their patriotism and labeling the U.N. an "enemy." Bruce, a former Fox News contributor, has been nominated to be U.S. deputy representative to the U.N. and will appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday. Reporters sought comment from Bruce and the White House but received no response.
Deleted Blog Posts Resurface Showing Tammy Bruce's Anti‑Muslim, Anti‑UN and Anti‑Obama Remarks Ahead of Confirmation Hearing
Summary: A recent review recovered deleted blog posts by Tammy Bruce in which she made disparaging remarks about American Muslims, attacked the United Nations, and posted insults about Barack Obama. The posts date from the years after 9/11 through 2010 and include direct quotes calling for Muslims to prove their patriotism and labeling the U.N. an "enemy." Bruce, a former Fox News contributor, has been nominated to be U.S. deputy representative to the U.N. and will appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday. Reporters sought comment from Bruce and the White House but received no response.
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Controversial Blog Posts by Tammy Bruce Draw Scrutiny Ahead of Senate Hearing
A recent report uncovered a series of now‑deleted personal blog posts by Tammy Bruce, a former Fox News contributor and State Department official who was nominated in August to serve as U.S. deputy representative to the United Nations. The posts — written over several years after the September 11 attacks — include repeated criticisms of American Muslims, harsh attacks on former President Barack Obama, and condemnations of the United Nations.
Posts After 9/11
In a July 2002 entry written in the months after 9/11, Bruce wrote that American Muslims needed to demonstrably prove their patriotism. She argued that, since the attacks, public deference to Muslim community leaders should end and that Muslims in the U.S. should "go out of their way to show us that they are American — first and foremost." The entry added that the "Muslim establishment in this country should be tripping over themselves to prove they’re with us and are loyal and sympathetic."
Comments on President Obama
Later posts attributed to Bruce include strong personal attacks on Barack Obama. In 2010 she is reported to have called him a "Kenyan" and a "dumb bastard," and she repeatedly floated false suggestions about his religious background. One item referenced a 2008 interview in which Obama misspoke and the remark was immediately corrected; Bruce reportedly used that episode to suggest he was Muslim and also raised questions about his birth certificate. One blog comment reportedly read, "Somewhere in Kenya a village is missing its idiot."
Criticism of the United Nations and Other Remarks
The recovered material also shows Bruce describing the U.N. as an "enemy" of the United States, accusing it of "ignoring genocide," and alleging it harbors "Jew‑hatred at its core." In 2007 she criticized the Empire State Building for lighting up in green to honor Ramadan, calling the display "an insult" to victims of September 11 and to those she said had died "fighting Islamists."
"This must stop," one entry said in reference to public displays honoring Ramadan, adding that the gesture insulted both 9/11 victims and those who have fought Islamist groups.
Bruce's confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is scheduled for Wednesday, and the uncovered posts are expected to be raised during questioning. Reporters contacted Bruce and the White House for comment but received no response.
Context: The resurfacing of long‑deleted personal posts has intensified scrutiny over the views of a political appointee who would represent the United States at the United Nations if confirmed.