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Muslim candidates running in record numbers face backlash
Associated Press ^ | Jul. 15, 2018 11:11 PM EDT | Philip Marcelo and Jeff Karoub

Posted on 07/15/2018 9:02:01 PM PDT by Olog-hai

A liberal woman of color with zero name recognition and little funding takes down a powerful, long serving congressman from her own political party.

When Tahirah Amatul-Wadud heard about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s stunning upset over U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley in New York’s Democratic primary last month, the first-time candidate saw parallels with her own longshot campaign for Congress in western Massachusetts.

The 44-year-old Muslim, African-American civil rights lawyer, who is taking on a 30-year congressman and ranking Democrat on the influential House Ways and Means Committee, says she wasn’t alone, as encouragement, volunteers and donations started pouring in. […]

Still, the path to victory can be tougher for a Muslim American. Some promising campaigns already have fizzled out while many more face strong anti-Muslim backlash.

In Michigan, Democrat candidate for governor Abdul El-Sayed continues to face unfounded claims from a GOP rival that he has ties to the controversial Muslim Brotherhood, even though Republican and Democratic politicians alike have denounced the accusations as “conspiracy theories.”

In Rochester, Minnesota, mayoral candidate Regina Mustafa has notified authorities of at least two instances where anti-Muslim threats were posted on her social media accounts.

And in Arizona, U.S. Senate candidate Deedra Abboud received a torrent of Islamophobic attacks on Facebook last July that prompted outgoing U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake, the Republican lawmaker Abboud is hoping to replace, to come to her defense on Twitter. …

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


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona; US: Massachusetts; US: Michigan; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: 2018election; 2020election; abdulelsayed; abortion; amatulwadud; arizona; berniesanders; deedraabboud; democrats; election2018; election2020; globalwarminghoax; homosexualagenda; jeffflake; joecrowley; libertarians; massachusetts; medicalmarijuana; michigan; minnesota; muslim; newyork; ocasiocortez; rop; sharia; tahirahamatulwadud
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1 posted on 07/15/2018 9:02:01 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

I’m a victim - vote for me!


2 posted on 07/15/2018 9:07:02 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Olog-hai

I want sharia law, public beheadings every week in the town square! Vote for me!


3 posted on 07/15/2018 9:10:25 PM PDT by null and void (Freedom is in our blood, we don't pass it down genetically, but through the blood we spill.)
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To: PGR88; Olog-hai

Pity the poor demon worshippers.


4 posted on 07/15/2018 9:10:25 PM PDT by OddLane
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To: PGR88

I don’t think that there will be a “blue wave” of Keith Ellison clones, even with the “victim” sympathy the Dissociated Press is trying to stir up.


5 posted on 07/15/2018 9:12:11 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

“Muslim” and “American” are two mutually contradictory terms.


6 posted on 07/15/2018 9:12:23 PM PDT by Noumenon (When all liberals have is a hammer, every problem is a nail in YOUR coffin.)
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To: Noumenon

Notably, AP excluded “American” from the headline.


7 posted on 07/15/2018 9:12:53 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

Idiots. All there base belong to us!


8 posted on 07/15/2018 9:13:01 PM PDT by FreeperCell
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To: FreeperCell

What you say!!


9 posted on 07/15/2018 9:13:30 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

[[Muslim candidates running in record numbers]]

All part of the takeover attempt- Gee- thanks obama


10 posted on 07/15/2018 9:16:05 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: Olog-hai

11 posted on 07/15/2018 9:16:27 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Noumenon

Rillly big ditto


12 posted on 07/15/2018 9:17:32 PM PDT by umgud
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To: Olog-hai

“Islamophobia” is a fake word.

A “phobia” is an irrational fear, and here is nothing irrational about fearing a religion that has at its core the imperative to kill non-believers as a path to salvation.


13 posted on 07/15/2018 9:20:57 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 trillion dollars.)
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To: Olog-hai

I’d call it a jihadlash.


14 posted on 07/15/2018 9:21:11 PM PDT by Paladin2 (no spelchek, no problem...)
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To: Olog-hai

It’s very simple, no muslims.


15 posted on 07/15/2018 9:23:18 PM PDT by Kakaze (I want The Republic back !)
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To: Olog-hai

I would say the Muslim candidate, running in Arizona, must have recognition problems......I have never heard of her. I didn’t even realize that Kyrsten Sinema had any competition, on the Dem side. No Republicans are running ads on TV yet, but Sinema has been running ads for several weeks, and using her Marine brother to show that she is ‘supportive’ of the Military. I hope the Republicans get their rears in gear soon!


16 posted on 07/15/2018 9:26:23 PM PDT by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell.a)
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To: Olog-hai

Islam is antithetical to western civilization.


17 posted on 07/15/2018 9:32:33 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: originalbuckeye

Take note of Jeff Flake rushing to Abbood’s defense so readily.


18 posted on 07/15/2018 9:34:35 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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Islam is a war plan.


19 posted on 07/15/2018 9:34:43 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

It’s antithetical to civil society per se.


20 posted on 07/15/2018 9:35:11 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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