Posted on 07/15/2018 9:02:01 PM PDT by Olog-hai
A liberal woman of color with zero name recognition and little funding takes down a powerful, long serving congressman from her own political party.
When Tahirah Amatul-Wadud heard about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s stunning upset over U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley in New York’s Democratic primary last month, the first-time candidate saw parallels with her own longshot campaign for Congress in western Massachusetts.
The 44-year-old Muslim, African-American civil rights lawyer, who is taking on a 30-year congressman and ranking Democrat on the influential House Ways and Means Committee, says she wasn’t alone, as encouragement, volunteers and donations started pouring in. […]
Still, the path to victory can be tougher for a Muslim American. Some promising campaigns already have fizzled out while many more face strong anti-Muslim backlash.
In Michigan, Democrat candidate for governor Abdul El-Sayed continues to face unfounded claims from a GOP rival that he has ties to the controversial Muslim Brotherhood, even though Republican and Democratic politicians alike have denounced the accusations as “conspiracy theories.”
In Rochester, Minnesota, mayoral candidate Regina Mustafa has notified authorities of at least two instances where anti-Muslim threats were posted on her social media accounts.
And in Arizona, U.S. Senate candidate Deedra Abboud received a torrent of Islamophobic attacks on Facebook last July that prompted outgoing U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake, the Republican lawmaker Abboud is hoping to replace, to come to her defense on Twitter. …
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I’m a victim - vote for me!
I want sharia law, public beheadings every week in the town square! Vote for me!
Pity the poor demon worshippers.
I don’t think that there will be a “blue wave” of Keith Ellison clones, even with the “victim” sympathy the Dissociated Press is trying to stir up.
“Muslim” and “American” are two mutually contradictory terms.
Notably, AP excluded “American” from the headline.
Idiots. All there base belong to us!
What you say!!
[[Muslim candidates running in record numbers]]
All part of the takeover attempt- Gee- thanks obama
Rillly big ditto
“Islamophobia” is a fake word.
A “phobia” is an irrational fear, and here is nothing irrational about fearing a religion that has at its core the imperative to kill non-believers as a path to salvation.
I’d call it a jihadlash.
It’s very simple, no muslims.
I would say the Muslim candidate, running in Arizona, must have recognition problems......I have never heard of her. I didn’t even realize that Kyrsten Sinema had any competition, on the Dem side. No Republicans are running ads on TV yet, but Sinema has been running ads for several weeks, and using her Marine brother to show that she is ‘supportive’ of the Military. I hope the Republicans get their rears in gear soon!
Islam is antithetical to western civilization.
Take note of Jeff Flake rushing to Abbood’s defense so readily.
Islam is a war plan.
It’s antithetical to civil society per se.
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