EXCLUSIVE: The top House Republican overseeing Europe policy is blaming the riots roiling French cities on mass migration, and warning the U.S.could soon follow suit.Rep.
Keith Self, R-Texas, told Fox News Digital that he was not surprised by the violent demonstrations across France — and moreover, argued they were a long time coming."They've been allowing this to happen for years and years, so they are reaping what they sowed," Self said."We're also trying to get a handle on our mass migration consequences, just like France should have done years ago.
That's why I say this is a lesson to America.We are watching the future of America in France and the U.K., frankly."Self is the chairman of the Subcommittee on Europe in the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
He is also a co-founder alongside Rep.Chip Roy, R-Texas, of the Sharia-Free America Caucus.VIOLENT FAR-LEFT RIOTS IN FRANCE ARE 'CHILLING WARNING' FOR AMERICANS AT HOME, MIKE JOHNSON SAYSA demonstrator holds a Palestinian flag beside a burning bus stop at Place de la République in Paris on Oct.
17, 2026.(Guy Smallman/Getty Images)Democrats have criticized the group as Islamophobic, and it's been condemned by groups like the U.S.
Council of Muslim Organizations.But Self doubled down on his beliefs, suggesting France's growing Muslim population is at least partially responsible for the riots."They've got, what, 7% now are Muslims in France? And, you know, when you reach that percentage — and very concentrated in some large cities — that gives you the tipping point that everybody talks about," he argued.Islam is the second-most popular religion in metropolitan France among people aged 18 to 59 after Catholicism, according to the country's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies.ITALY’S SCHOOL VEIL BAN EXPOSES EUROPE’S ASSIMILATION FIGHT AS EXPERT WARNS US COULD BE NEXTHe said later: "This is what you get when you think that everyone is culturally and morally equivalent.They're not.
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