Posted on 01/02/2026 2:02:38 PM PST by bitt
In a bizarre and revealing interview, Lakeshia Mashonda Ruddi Alston, the niqab-wearing Muslim woman running as the sole Republican candidate for North Carolina’s State Senate District 22, delivered a series of rambling and contradictory statements that have only intensified suspicions of her true intentions. Alston, who has a documented history of voting Democrat since at least 2008, insists she’s a genuine Republican representing the party’s future. But her interview responses, filled with odd declarations, have left many questioning whether this is a deliberate attempt to sabotage the GOP primary.
Alston, a self-described educator, entrepreneur, and community advocate with no prior political experience, has no active campaign website, policy platform, or tied social media presence.
In the Daily Caller interview, Alston attempted to defend her Republican credentials and policy stances, but her responses were often incoherent and just outright strange.
The Daily Caller reports:
When asked what conservative principles she considers important, Alston replied: “I am down for ISIS.”
Alston five times throughout the interview said something to the effect of “I am down for ISIS … I stand for ISIS,” when appearing to refer to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Alston did not clarify whether she was referring to Immigration and Customs Enforcement when contacted for follow-up.
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Let me guess… district 22 is one of those uneinnable districts where Democrats file as candidates for every party.
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Now that’s the fashion statement I want Rachel Maddow, Rosie O’Donnell and Joy Reid to make.
1 vote for this trash is way too many
RE: her responses were often incoherent and just outright strange.
That settles it. Voters will fight to be first to vote her into office.
AG candidate in Virginia made online musings about shooting GOP people in the head——won handily in the election.
Lakeshia Mashonda Ruddi Alston, the Muslim woman running as the sole "Republican" candidate for NC’s State Senate District 22, has a documented history of voting Democrat since at least 2008, insists she’s a genuine "Republican."
“ That settles it. Voters will fight to be first to vote her into office.”
I won’t be surprised.
How many voters in this district even know anything about this?
I feel like its gonna turn out to be a college frat-boy pulling a prank on the media.
Evidently she mixed up ISIS with ICE.
Given that the Republican Party is sometimes sarcastically called the “stupid party”, I guess she’ll fit right in.
What. The. Eff?!
Yep.
Her name is Lakeshia. Isn’t that pretty much a dead giveaway?
“Niqab-Wearing Muslim Woman Running for North Carolina Senate as a ‘Republican’ Repeatedly Tells Reporter ‘I Am Down for ISIS’ in Wild Interview”. I wonder if she’s down for a pork chop.
It’s Dirham I believe.
Except for Duke University it can be rough.
I spent one night in a motel there. Heard all sorts of screaming and partying. A sort of place Hunter might find some “ladies”.
I was scared my motorcycle would either get stolen or trashed.
You left out Rosa DeLauro.
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