Posted on 03/18/2023 11:38:19 PM PDT by algore
A former beauty queen who represented Iraq in the Miss Universe pageant and fled war-torn Iraq in search of a better life in America is hoping to run for Congress in California.
Sarah Idan, who describes herself as a feminist and human rights activist, is looking to challenge was she believes to be the Democrats biggest weakness - its wokery.
Idan, 33, has spoken out against the extreme left of the Democratic Party and has openly criticized Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar for her comments on Jewish people and Israel.
'I don't stand for your anti-American, antisemitic, Muslim Brotherhood agenda, using this democracy to further your…Islamic socialism goals of dividing and weakening our country,' Idan tweeted in 2019.
'I would just be the opposite of Ilhan Omar. I'm a Democrat and liberal, but I don't think like you – I don't hate this country,' she explained.
Idan has also expressed her dislike for what she sees as the party's obsession with so-called 'white privilege' and its failure to address public safety concerns and rising levels of crime in Los Angeles, where she currently lives.
Born in Baghdad in 1990, Idan was the second youngest of five children.
Her father was a military engineer for Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath Party, but privately her views at home did not reflect that party line. The family effectively had to 'live as hostages under Saddam.'
She describes life as being extremely hard under the brutal dictator with limited access to food, water, and electricity. Politically, the family constantly feared accusations of 'disloyalty'.
'We couldn't say anything against him. I learned everything I was taught by Saddam was a lie,' she told the New York Post.
When she turned 18, Idan, worked as a volunteer interpreter with the US Army in Iraq.
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my second brain will compel me to vote for her.
Are you sure, Sarah?
I found the vast majority of Iraqis to be politically conservative, even in the big cities.
Well she doesn’t look like a drowned rat with a towel on her head.. like omar.
No tats, nose things, or ear gauges is certainly a definite plus 2 on the hot scale.
I might be interested/tempted to see how she rates on the other axis
Unless I missed it, article doesn’t say what district honey plans to represent. If it’s any of the coastal cities, she can forget it. Running on a platform of *not* hating America and being the “anti-Omar” is a likely loser in the liberal coastal enclaves.
And they call Valerie Jarrett an Iranian?
Oops. Scratch my post!
She has zero chance of being elected in California.
Yet over the decades, I've seen that most "conservative babes" turn out to be shallow grifters using conservatism as a niche market from which to launch their careers to media stardom.
Actually, that's true of most "professional conservatives."
I see Iraqis are still wearing those very pointy shoes. The men always did too.
I’m voting for her...
Hey! How are ya? And yes, you’re correct. The only one who I worked with and who was leftwing was a guy named Ali (you remember him) whose parents were communists. Still, there’s no way that guy would have been for the tranny, homosexual freak shows being force fed Americans. All the other folks we worked with were definitely conservatives in their world views.
Then why a Democrat?
That’s being a dumb@ss.
-fJRoberts-
Reminds me a little of Catherine Schell.
NOT GUILTY !!!
SPACE:1999
She was in a great classic Dr Who - City Of Death.
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