Palestinian-American congresswoman secures fourth term after beating Republican James Hooper

Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib defeated her Republican opponent in Michigan’s 12th congressional district election on Tuesday, securing a fourth term as the only Palestinian-American woman in the US Congress.

The Associated Press called the race with just 18 percent of the votes counted.

Tlaib secured 77 percent of the vote, defeating the Republican Party’s James Hooper who received just 19 percent of the vote.

Her victory comes amid the backdrop of Israel’s war on Gaza, which has killed more than 43,000 Palestinians so far and has been diplomatically and militarily supported by the Biden-Harris administration for more than a year.

Tlaib has been a vocal critic of the war, calling for the US to withhold weapons from Israel. Her opposition to the war on Gaza and support for pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses have drawn harsh criticism from both Republicans and Democrats.

  • jonne@infosec.pub
    25·
    2 months ago

    Got called a Russian bot multiple times for calling out the blue Maga people. Criticising the Democratic strategy is apparently the same as wanting Trump to win.

    • BlitzoTheOisSilent@lemmy.world
      15·
      2 months ago

      Oh it’s an absolute joke. The most recent is a guy speaking to me like I’m a misguided child who was fooled into spending my fun money on a rock.

      No, dude, the Democratic Party isn’t progressive, and I’m tired of them demanding my vote while giving me the finger and making no progress. I still voted Harris, begrudgingly, but I’ve been “had” and “need to go rest and come back when I feel better.”

      She ran a shit campaign and lost, and her policies offered little to the average American beyond “not fascism,” I’m not misguided, her and the Democrats fucked up. Like they always do.

      • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        The most recent is a guy speaking to me like I’m a misguided child who was fooled

        This is how the left has been treating everyone who doesn’t toe the line for quite some time now, and then they act confused when losing their out groups to other parties. They told people their voices and opinions don’t matter, so those people took their voices elsewhere.