Re-election for Tlaib and Omar – first Muslim women to serve in US Congress

Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar person won re-election and proceed their governmental careers aft being the archetypal 2 Muslim women to service successful the US Congress.

The Democratic Party’s Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar – the archetypal 2 Muslim women to service successful the United States Congress – person won re-election to the US House of Representatives.

Tlaib, who is besides the archetypal pistillate of Palestinian descent successful the US Congress, was re-elected connected Tuesday for a 4th word arsenic a typical for Michigan with enactment from the ample Arab-American assemblage successful Dearborn.

Omar, a erstwhile exile and Somali American, retook her spot for a 3rd word successful Minnesota, wherever she represents the powerfully Democratic 5th District, which includes Minneapolis and a fig of suburbs.

A starring professional of US subject enactment to Israel successful its warfare connected Gaza, Tlaib ran uncontested successful her superior and defeated Republican James Hooper to correspond the solidly Democratic territory successful Dearborn and Detroit.

Congratulations to @RashidaTlaib connected her re-election!

She has bravely fought for Palestinian liberation and championed the interests of working-class radical successful Detroit.

We are honored to basal with Congresswoman Tlaib successful this fight. pic.twitter.com/lU0befG7uh

— Sunrise Movement 🌅 (@sunrisemvmt) November 6, 2024

Omar is besides a crisp professional of Israel’s warfare connected Gaza.

In a station connected societal media, Omar thanked her supporters for each their hard enactment successful her predetermination campaign.

“Our hard enactment was worthy it. We knocked connected 117,716 doors. We made 108,226 calls. And we sent 147,323 texts. This is simply a triumph for ALL of america who judge that a amended aboriginal is possible. I can’t hold to marque you each arrogant implicit the adjacent 2 years,” she said.

Thank you, CD5. Our hard enactment was worthy it. We knocked connected 117,716 doors. We made 108,226 calls. And we sent 147,323 texts. This is simply a triumph for ALL of america who judge that a amended aboriginal is possible. I can’t hold to marque you each arrogant implicit the adjacent 2 years. pic.twitter.com/FMDUNo2Jb8

— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) November 6, 2024

Tlaib and Omar are some members of the informal radical of lawmakers known arsenic “The Squad”, which is made up of progressive members of Congress including Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, among others.

Other “Squad” members Jamaal Bowman of New York and Cori Bush of Missouri some mislaid their enactment primaries against opponents who had won important enactment from the pro-Israel fundraising radical American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).

The radical has invested much than $100m successful US governmental races this twelvemonth successful a bid to soundlessness pro-Palestine voices successful Congress.

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