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2020-07-21 Home Front: Politix
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Biden snags support from prominent Muslim American officials
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[Al Ahram] Several prominent Moslem American elected officials endorsed Joe Foreign Policy Whiz Kid Biden
 ...I'm not working for you. Don't be such a horse's ass. ...
for president in a letter organized by Emgage Action ahead of an online summit that starts Monday and features the presumptive Democratic nominee.
Among those signing the letter, obtained by The News Agency that Dare Not be Named, are Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar
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...Somali-American Dem representative from Minnesota. She was apparently married to her brother and may be her own grandmaw on her mother's side...
, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and Indiana Rep. Andre Carson, all Democrats. Omar, one of the first Moslem women elected to Congress, served as a high-profile surrogate for Bernie Sanders
...The only first openly Socialist member of the U.S. Senate. Sanders was Representative-for-Life from Vermont until moving to the Senate for the rest of his life in 2006, assuming the seat vacated by Jim Jeffords. He ran for the 2016 nomination for president, to be cheated out of it by Hillary Clinton, then went back to being an Independent socialist, waiting for 2020 to roll around...
before he exited the presidential race in April _ making her support for Biden potentially helpful as the former vice president seeks to mobilize Moslem voters this fall.
The letter coincides with an online summit that Emgage Action has titled ``Million Moslem Votes,'' underscoring its emphasis on boosting Moslem turnout in November. Biden is set to address the gathering on Monday.
``Joe Biden's presence serves not only to galvanize Moslem Americans to cast their ballots, but to usher in an era of engaging with Moslem American communities under a Biden administration,'' Wa'el Alzayat, CEO of Emgage Action, said by email.
``We anticipate that a Biden administration would provide Moslem American communities platforms to speak on issues affecting us, represent us within the administration and in policymaking discourses.''
The pro-Biden letter from Moslem American elected officials decried a number of President Donald Trump
...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons......
's domestic and international policies, including his administration's ban on travelers from several predominantly Moslem countries and his pullout from the Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
nuclear deal.
``Our number one goal is to remove Donald Trump from office and to replace him with someone who can begin to heal our nation,'' the letter said. ``A Biden administration will move the nation forward on many of the issues we care about,'' it said, citing racial justice, affordable health care, climate change and immigration.
The Moslem American officials also praised Biden's agenda for their communities. Among other goals, Biden has vowed to rescind the Trump administration's travel ban affecting Moslems ``on Day One`` if he's elected.
Other state- and local-level Moslem American officials signing onto the pro-Biden letter hail from several states, including Michigan, where Alzayat said he believes there are more than 150,000 registered Moslem voters.
Those numbers in a swing state that Trump won by fewer than 11,000 votes make Emgage's goal of maximizing Moslem voter turnout especially powerful in Michigan, but the group also has chapters in battleground states such as Pennsylvania and Florida.
``A lot is at stake,'' Alzayat said. ``The importance of Moslem American voter participation in this upcoming election cycle is greater than it has ever been.''
Youssef Chouhoud, assistant professor of political science at Christopher Newport University, said Biden's appearance at Monday's summit was ``a very meaningful step'' but noted that he didn't participate in a large Moslem gathering last year addressed by Sanders and another then-presidential candidate, Julian Castro. Both attended a forum held at an Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) convention.
Many Moslem Americans have particularly lauded Sanders for the way he engaged their communities.
``You have this community that is kind of, you know, ripe for political engagement,'' Chouhoud said.
``Negative enthusiasm'' against another Trump term, he added, ``is going to be the glue that holds Moslem voters together. And if you make them feel valued, they are much more likely to turn out.''
Omar's signature on the endorsement letter expands on her statement last week, via Twitter, that she would vote for Biden. New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Boom Boom Ocasio-Cortez
Dem Congressgirl from da Bronx in Noo Yawk and leader of the Mean Girl Caucus in Congress. One of the Great Minds of the 21st Century, she is known as much for her innaleck as for her dance moves. She is all in favor of socialism, even though she's fuzzy on the details. She was the inventor of the Green New Deal , though she doesn't talk about it much anymore...
_ another member of the quartet of congresswomen of color, often known by the nickname ``the Squad,`` who have become progressive luminaries since their arrival in Congress _ also has said she would vote for Biden in the fall. 
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