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Riley Moore: “5 to 1 in that country is the amount of Christians being…”

Featuring: Riley Moore, Republican | U.S. House West Virginia, District 2

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Rep. Moore Joins 'The Ingraham Angle' to Discuss U.S. Strikes on ISIS in Nigeria

Published | Video Starts at 03:52

So this idea that Muslims are facing reprisals and killing of course they are. They live there. There's terrorist groups, both are being killed. We want to secure this country. But 5 to 1, 5 to 1 in that country is the amount of Christians being killed. To non-Christians it is a 5 to 1 ratio. And as you pointed out at the outset of this, over 7,000 Christians this year. Congressman Riley Moore, thanks for taking some leadership on this very difficult issue. (03:52–03:59)

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Asserts that the ratio of Christians to non-Christians being killed in Nigeria is 5 to 1.

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