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NY Elects Its First Palestinian State Senator — and the Flag She Celebrated With Says Everything
Red State ^ | November 04, 2026 | Rusty Weiss

Posted on 11/04/2026 7:03:04 AM PST by Red Badger

Aber Kawas (D) won election to the New York State Senate on Tuesday, becoming the first Palestinian-American to serve in the state legislature after defeating Republican Han-Khon To in the heavily Democratic 12th District.

Her victory celebration is an example of why residents of the Empire State are terrified of how quickly the pro-Hamas, pro-terror arm of the Left is infiltrating government.

The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) member, who received the endorsement of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (straight-up Communist), marked the result by posting a campaign graphic declaring her the first Palestinian elected in New York State.

Let me repeat that. She celebrated being the "First Palestinian."

Kawas didn't even bother to hyphenate the "American" part.

“We made history," she wrote, adding a Palestinian flag emoji.

We made history. 🇵🇸 https://t.co/r9dnacASP5

— Aber Kawas (@AberKawas) November 4, 2026 People who love America and want this nation to continue leading as the greatest nation on Earth probably would have celebrated with the American flag. Instead, Kawas showed her true allegiance. Her unmistakable allegiance to Palestine first.

No interest in assimilation. No pride in the country or even the state that elevated her to her current role.

Kawas, a community organizer born in Brooklyn to Palestinian parents, had campaigned on affordable housing, defense of illegal aliens, and opposition to U.S. support for Israel.

Her victory revived scrutiny of comments she made in a 2017 podcast discussion in which she described 9/11 as the manifestation of a long trajectory of capitalism, racism, white supremacy, and Islamophobia. In other words, all of the buzzwords that America-hating leftists love to use.

She also referred to the worst terrorist attack ever on American soil as something “a couple of people did.”

"The system of capitalism and racism and White supremacy… and Islamophobia have all been used to colonize lands, to take resources from other people and so this is a long trajectory, and we're just seeing the manifestations of that continuation with 9/11," she said in a 2017 episode of the Asian American Writers' Association podcast.

"The idea we have to apologize for a terror attack that a couple of people did, and then there is no apology or reparations for genocides and for slavery… is something I find reprehensible."

What's reprehensible is anybody who voted to put trash like this in any level of government.

DSA's Aber Kawas called 9/11 "a terror attack that a couple of people did" and blamed America for it. Mamdani endorsed Kawas for NY State Senate - not despite those comments, but because he agreed with them. https://t.co/ZLNCITWiWk

— Canary Mission (@canarymission) July 30, 2026 Channeling her inner Ilhan Omar there with the "some people did something" downplaying of one of the most tragic events in United States history.

No wonder Mamdani, who praised Imam Siraj Wahhaj, an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, blamed the United States for radicalizing al-Qaeda propagandist Anwar al-Awlaki, and appointed a chief counsel who previously defended an al-Qaeda terrorist, loves her so much.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics; Religion
KEYWORDS: avilachevalier; demagogicparty; dsa; newyork; tuckercarlson; whatsherfrnick

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1 posted on 11/04/2026 7:03:04 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

The people who voted for her will regret it soon enough


2 posted on 11/04/2026 7:08:59 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: Red Badger

Hopefully, we will prepare for the war that is coming.
And, it is coming.


3 posted on 11/04/2026 7:14:40 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: Tennessee Nana

Nothing surprises me anymore. The voters clearly sent a message. They accept anybody and everybody.


4 posted on 11/04/2026 7:16:16 AM PST by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: Tennessee Nana

No they won’t ... it’ll be the conservatives fault and Trump’s fault if she fails.


5 posted on 11/04/2026 7:19:38 AM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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To: Tennessee Nana

No they won’t and that is what our side needs to come to terms with. This is what open borders gets you. I’m guessing this woman’s district is overwhelmingly made up of people not native to this country. We are becoming a balkanized, tribal society. It started with Black supporting Black regardless of how bad they were, see (Marion Berry and OJ). Now we have whole enclaves in major cities where the population is majority foreign born, proudly unassimilated and votes for their kind. This is the new America. Add on top of that at least two generations of Whites who have been taught to hate themselves and everything that makes this country great and I’m afraid the future does not look good. And unlike the GOP when this group gets power, they will use it to solidify their control and make it impossible to turn the clock back at the ballot box.


6 posted on 11/04/2026 7:20:07 AM PST by redangus
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To: Red Badger

“Her victory celebration is an example of why residents of the Empire State are terrified of how quickly the pro-Hamas, pro-terror arm of the Left is infiltrating government.”

No they’re not!

They voted for these scumbags in massive numbers!


7 posted on 11/04/2026 7:20:08 AM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: Tennessee Nana

Embedded in the article:

https://x.com/canarymission/status/2082936855582884179?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2082936855582884179%7Ctwgr%5E2f51cb6305d70beba2f1bfd0afbfc5ce57ae0511%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fredstate.com%2Frusty-weiss%2F2026%2F11%2F04%2Fny-elects-its-first-palestinian-state-senator-and-the-flag-she-celebrated-with-says-everything-n2209015

“like, um, like, um, um, um...”

“Racism, colonialism, Islamophobia, white supremacy...” She manages to string all these words together without even having a common idea or theme, some argument that connects these.

We have degenerated to the point where you just chant and grunt like, um, um, like...

A dummy.

A Muslim, Palestinian dummy.

Impressive. Very telling about the people living in the area which voted for her.


8 posted on 11/04/2026 7:22:17 AM PST by Red6
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To: All

America needs to end all immigration for 30 years


9 posted on 11/04/2026 7:33:07 AM PST by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: Red Badger
I'm sure she'll uphold the values of this country, right? and represent all Americans instead of just Palestinians, right?

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10 posted on 11/04/2026 7:36:03 AM PST by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: Red Badger; Nateman; Nervous Tick; Jane Long; MacNaughton; null and void
Diversity is Our Strength™
11 posted on 11/04/2026 7:43:58 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Da Coyote

Hopefully, we will prepare for the war that is coming.
And, it is coming.
_________________
Yes it is. The control hungry Dumocrats will align themselves with the snake, the Islamists, until the snake bits their sorry behinds and takes control over everything. Then there will be no way out but to fight our way out of this ridiculous mess, the mess Rush attributed to the low information voter. And, then we will see these same low information voters sitting on the bench as we bail their sorry behinds out of the mess they created. It’s always been this way when it comes down to who will stand up and actually fight to preserve freedom.


12 posted on 11/04/2026 7:55:16 AM PST by iontheball
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To: Red Badger
an example of why residents of the Empire State are terrified of how quickly the pro-Hamas, pro-terror arm of the Left is infiltrating government.

It started under Bill Clinton and escalated under Secretary Hillary Clinton, who both claim to live in New York. Why are New Yorkers so damned dumb? And slow?

13 posted on 11/04/2026 8:05:29 AM PST by Albion Wilde (The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens. --DJT)
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To: Red Badger

“Kawas earned a master’s degree in Islamic Liberation Theology from the University of Johannesburg in South Africa and reportedly returned to New York City in 2024.[”

From wikipedia.


14 posted on 11/04/2026 8:46:25 AM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: escapefromboston

Deuteronomy 28:43-44

Foreigners who live in your land will gain more and more power,while you gradually lose yours. They will have money to lend you, but you will have none to lend. In the end they will be your rulers.


15 posted on 11/04/2026 11:13:24 AM PST by After Hours (Don't get mad! Get Even!)
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