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After not endorsing Harris, Rashida Tlaib secures win in Michigan (www.middleeasteye.net)

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago

She knew how to keep her job.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I hope she's happy with the outcome.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

I don't think she's happy that her own party's presidential candidate failed to capture their own constituents by using trump as a scapegoat

[–] [email protected] 100 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Dont expect the Democrats to learn anything from this because their Billionaire donors would rather they lose by promoting policies that don't threaten profits than win and cost the donors money.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Their billionaire donors don't lose, that's the point. Reps are following the same main purpose of allowing barely restricted capital accumulation.

To know what happens in US politics when the donors are seeing even the distant possiblity of losing one day, ask Black Panthers for example.

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Democratic party is not a left leaning or even a centrist party. Most of right wing policy of Republican presidency is continued by the Democratic presidency.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We have a conservative party and a very conservative party.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

We have two very conservative parties with one trying to shake their branding of being otherwise.

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