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Massachusetts’ first Muslim mayor elected in Cambridge on Monday
Boston Herald ^ | January 6, 2020 | Rick Sobey

Posted on 01/07/2020 5:10:40 AM PST by ConservativeStatement

Sumbul Siddiqui became the first Muslim mayor in the state on Monday, getting elected in Cambridge — where her family moved decades ago after emigrating from Pakistan.

Siddiqui, 31, was elected unanimously on the first ballot by her fellow councilors. Following the vote, the packed chamber stood and showered her with applause.

“The more and more different representation there is, the better it is for everyone,” she told the Herald after the inauguration, noting Cambridge’s diversity.

(Excerpt) Read more at bostonherald.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: cambridge; election; massachusetts; mulsims; muslims
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Just don't celebrate "Happy Columbus Day." This is Cambridge after all. "More and more different representation" is typical liberal speak.
1 posted on 01/07/2020 5:10:40 AM PST by ConservativeStatement
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If the council and not the people pick the major, would that not make the mayor selected and not elected?


2 posted on 01/07/2020 5:13:24 AM PST by pas
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Yep. But libtards think we sre too stupid to see throughh their nonsense.


3 posted on 01/07/2020 5:14:50 AM PST by chuckb87
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To: ConservativeStatement; Impy; BillyBoy; LS; NFHale; GOPsterinMA; campaignPete R-CT; ...

Different representation ? How about Conservative for a change ? I’m “done” with having Communists, Satanists and other various and sundry anti-American nutters in any position of power and authority. They ALL need to go.


4 posted on 01/07/2020 5:15:53 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Dear Mr. Kotter, #Epsteindidntkillhimself - Signed, Epstein's Mother)
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So sorry to read this. Cambridge is beautiful. Too bad it is the hotbed of Leftism, in a whole State of Leftists. I loved living in Boston a lifetime ago, but that last time I was there (a few years ago), I didn’t feel safe walking the streets anymore.


5 posted on 01/07/2020 5:16:14 AM PST by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell..?)
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THC: How do you think Cambridge should respond to President Donald Trump’s policies?

SS: I think City Councillors have stood up to Trump and are outspoken about his policies and his complete disrespect for our Constitution. I think that the policy order that they filed to impeach him was a little waste of time and energy, in my opinion. It just seems really impossible to do that, and so I felt that a better statement would have just been saying that they disagree with their policies and they’re not going to abide by them.

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/11/1/sumbul-siddiqui/


6 posted on 01/07/2020 5:16:57 AM PST by treetopsandroofs
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Well, praise allah and stuff.


7 posted on 01/07/2020 5:17:13 AM PST by crusty old prospector
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“The more and more different representation there is, the better it is for everyone,”..

WHY?!!? WHY is different so good?

Columbus day is great because we get to enjoy a parade and eat great Italian food but we NEVER miss a beat as to where our allegiance is.

It’s so absurd it shouldn’t even have to be stated.

Even the old Italians I know that don’t speak great English (very few left) wave American flags at the parades.

And if someone’s holding an Italian flag they better damned well be holding an American one too and know which one matters.

If we started to heckle the US and denounce it at parades, THEN the dems would love the day.

Boy I hate them.


8 posted on 01/07/2020 5:17:56 AM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to make ends meet)
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Sadly, the left owns MOST of the beautiful places.....and in time they turn them into CRAPHOLES!


9 posted on 01/07/2020 5:18:00 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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If the council and not the people pick the major, would that not make the mayor selected and not elected?

"Representative government."

It works if the representatives truly represent their constituents rather than trick the voters into giving them entry into a special aristocratic class. Which, in my view is what happens much of the time all over this country.

10 posted on 01/07/2020 5:22:12 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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If the council and not the people pick the major, would that not make the mayor selected and not elected?
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Of course! The peasants have no right to elect the mayor. Communist to the bone, and Cambridge is supposed to be heavily populated by “intellectuals”. A real cesspool if ever there was one. Head choppers are soon to arrive!


11 posted on 01/07/2020 5:24:58 AM PST by fortes fortuna juvat (Certified Commmander of The Local Trump Cult)
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To: fieldmarshaldj; All

The destruction of the fabric started when we started celebrating every minority opinion, behavior, FEELING. A cohesive country requires that we defer to OUR COMMONALITY, not our differences. The Left has had way too much control, since the 60’s. Trump seems to be bringing former Leftists back to the side that wants a cohesive country. I sure hope that the Dem Voter Fraud 2020 won’t undo his progress.


12 posted on 01/07/2020 5:25:26 AM PST by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell..?)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Thank you for not posting her pic.


13 posted on 01/07/2020 5:25:28 AM PST by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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They will probably open each council meeting with a prayer to Allah. Sharia law is just around the corner.


14 posted on 01/07/2020 5:26:06 AM PST by HighSierra5
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To: ConservativeStatement

MA has a long and distinguished tradition of electing clueless, dishonest, and just plain putrid leaders. All the while, they love to bask in their imagined superiority (superior to what, we do not know).

The only states competing with them for corruptness are IL and LA (my former home state). They are all doomed.


15 posted on 01/07/2020 5:26:52 AM PST by Da Coyote (is)
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Cambridge has been a problem for a lot longer than that. A cursory glance appears that they have not elected a Republican Mayor since November 1900. 120 years this year. They seem to have plenty of room for radical leftist anti-American types, just no real ideological diversity that differs from that derangement. So this disciple of Mo is “mo” of the same.


16 posted on 01/07/2020 5:31:18 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Dear Mr. Kotter, #Epsteindidntkillhimself - Signed, Epstein's Mother)
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California has surpassed all others for sheer corruption from the usual party. I don’t consider any election returns or those counting them to be either legitimate or ethical whatsoever. Such as when the Dems rule absolutely, as they have in Cambridge for 120 years without interruption.


17 posted on 01/07/2020 5:33:54 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Dear Mr. Kotter, #Epsteindidntkillhimself - Signed, Epstein's Mother)
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To: ConservativeStatement

And the cancer spreads.


18 posted on 01/07/2020 5:35:12 AM PST by Bruiser 10 (Do you boogaloo?)
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Reminds me of a visit to Chicago around the time of the 2004 Democrat convention which was held in Boston. I went to a restaurant, sat at a bar, talked to a female bartender. The conversation turned to the Convention. She said “Did you hear Barack Obama’s speech...?” When I said I hadn’t and asked for a summary, my response to that was “He sounds like every politician. He is bringing everyone together...typical.” Her reaction said it all “You do know he’s black, right?” And now we have “more and more different” in 2020.


19 posted on 01/07/2020 5:40:43 AM PST by ConservativeStatement (God Bless America. Thank you, Kate Smith!)
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If the media would stop protecting these places and tell the truth about our cities, there would never be another democrat elected anywhere. Somehow, the republicans are blamed even for messes in Chicago and San Francisco. Absolutely insane! But media gets away with it.


20 posted on 01/07/2020 5:40:58 AM PST by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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