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yep....admittedly I haven’t researched, but Amir Hassan does not sound like the name of someone with extensive family roots in this country

Simply looking for his campaign website will show you an extensive resume which begins with the fact that he was born and raised in Flint Michigan and has a long ansetoral history in America. He appears to have been an excellent candidate running in rural Michigan with the wrong sounding name. In another cycle, the name might not have been as big a deterent.

https://hassanformi.com

Amir was born and raised in Flint, MI. He comes from a General Motors family – his grandparents migrated from Arkansas and Alabama during the great migration seeking opportunity, and they found it in Flint. Amir’s father worked for General Motors as did multiple grandparents, aunts, and uncles. As a direct result of decades of Democratic policies, the opportunity that Amir’s family knew no longer exists for Flintstones.

Amir graduated High School as Class President from Northwestern Edison High, where he played Football, Basketball, and Baseball against the best athletes across the Saginaw Valley conference. Amir stood out in multiple sports and likes to say, “pound for pound, the Saginaw Valley Conference was the hardest hitting conference in the state”.

After a brief stint at Bethune Cookman University, Amir enlisted in the US Navy in 2006 at the height of the Global War on Terrorism. While serving, Amir was stationed in Italy, and worked security at Guantanamo Bay. While stationed at Guantanamo, Amir worked in the prison camps as Watch Commander, supervising all officers and dealt with some of the world’s most dangerous terrorists up close, learning on the job how to handle criminals in a politically charged harsh environment. Later transitioning to an Intelligence Analyst from 2010-2013, Amir helped foil terrorist plots and keep Americans safe.

Amir respects all faiths. He recently reaffirmed his commitment to Christ, stating “Jesus Christ is his Lord and Savior.” Having served at Guantanamo Bay, Amir has zero tolerance for extremists who pervert Islam into something evil. Amir believes Israel is our strongest ally in the Middle East. A global force for good in a dangerous region of the world, and we shall aid them in combating terrorism, and ensure state sponsors of terrorism, like Iran, never gain access to a nuclear weapon.

After leaving the military, Amir finished his degree at John Jay School of Criminal Justice in New York before working in federal law enforcement, which up until his run for Congress, he has done in various capacities ever since.

From his time in the military to providing protection and security to Presidential Cabinet secretaries of both parties and responding to protests-turned-violent – keeping Americans safe is in Amir’s blood.

Not one to back down from a fight, when Amir decided that it was time to hang up his badge and move home, he decided to sign on to serve his country in a different way – by running for Congress in Michigan’s 8th Congressional District. From Flint to Bay City to Saginaw to Midland, the Saginaw Valley Conference has had enough career politicians who plead for our votes but only look out for themselves.

A committed America First Republican, Amir is running for Congress to restore opportunity and jobs to the Saginaw Valley and provide reinforcements in Congress for Donald Trump’s agenda against career politicians like Kristen McDonald-Rivet, and her dangerous and expensive radical open-border and green new deal policies.

Amir has two daughters, Naylani (18) and Jayla (5) – for him, restoring the promise and opportunity of the Saginaw Valley is personal. In Congress, Amir will oppose all tax increases and will fight for a total income tax-cut for teachers, nurses, cops and first responders making under $100k a year. He will champion President Trump’s fair-trade agenda, protect life, stand up to China, and fight against Democrat’s open-border policies.