Backlash Against Trump - Netanyahu? Palestinian American Poised to Become the First Ever Muslim Woman in US Congress
Rashida Tlaib, a former Michigan state legislator, Detroit native lawyer and daughter of Palestinian immigrants is poised to become the first ever Muslim woman to be elected to US Congress after winning Michigan Democratic primary. She will run unopposed in November.
"A lot of my strength comes from being Palestinian," she said at one point. Ms. Tlaib’s mother draped her in the Palestinian flag as she spoke, "I will fight back against every racist and oppressive structure that needs to be dismantled. You deserve better than what we have today with our president."
While dressed modestly, Ms. Tlaib seems to be following modern/reformed Islam and wears no Hijab or veil.
In a seeming backlash against the Trump - Netanyahu's anti-Palestinian, anti-Iranian alliance, more than 90 Muslims — mostly Democrats — have entered races for local, state or national public office, according to Jetpac, a nonprofit that advocates civic engagement across the country.
Ms Tlaib's victory came two years after she staged a protest with other women against Donald Trump inside Detroit's Cobo Center.
The eldest child of 14, Ms. Tlaib campaigns with a raw energy rarely seen by candidates across either party. More than any singular policy position, her calling card is the no-holds-barred way in which she has engaged voters from traditionally marginalized backgrounds.
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