Muslim Politicians Face Backlash
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has released over 170,000 pages of documents showing that previous city leaders may have lied about toxic air caused by the World Trade Center's destruction on September 11, 2001. The Republican Party is criticizing Mamdani for his role in releasing these documents and has been accused of Islamophobic attacks against him. 9/11 family members and outer-borough Republican politicians…
Why Are Democrats Allowing Republicans to Smear Their Most Popular Politician? Because He’s Muslim →2 articles from Zeteo on this storyAbdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan, is facing renewed scrutiny over past statements related to 9/11 as the nation prepares to mark its 25th anniversary. The issue centers on two deleted social media posts from 2020 and 2021, where El-Sayed compared the COVID-19 death toll to the number of Americans killed on 9/11 and suggested a similar response to terrorism could be applied to public…
For Abdul El-Sayed, Sept. 11 commemoration invites scrutiny of past remarks →Bari Weiss, a CBS News executive, was reportedly involved in promoting an article tying Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed to the 9/11 attacks after he deleted several old tweets. The article, written by CBS reporter Zak Hudak, sparked harsh criticism from even those who share similar views on Muslims. Two of El-Sayed's deleted posts were actually asking Americans to compare the death toll of the…
CBS News Spins El-Sayed’s 9/11 Tweets Into a Manufactured Anti-Muslim Scandal →The article reports on the resurgence of bigoted rhetoric against Muslim American politicians, specifically targeting Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. The right's strategy to defeat El-Sayed is to portray him as an anti-American extremist, but this approach may be backfiring. There are over 255 Muslim elected officials serving across 26 states and at nearly every level of government…
Commentary: The bigoted rhetoric against Muslim American politicians is backfiring. Next up: Abdul El-Sayed →Abdul El-Sayed, a Democratic Senate candidate from Michigan, used a speech at the Annual Islamic Society Conference to discuss Muslim American identity and criticize US foreign policy. He argued that being Muslim does not make someone less of an American, but rather can enhance their values as Americans. The speech comes ahead of a potential general election battle against Republican Mike Rogers, who is backed by…
Abdul El-Sayed uses speech to talk about Muslim faith and American identity →Analysis
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CBS News Spins El-Sayed’s 9/11 Tweets Into a Manufactured Anti-Muslim Scandal
How it changed
- 31 Aug
The most acute example of this dynamic emerged when El-Sayed sought to address his association with Piker, the Twitch personality who in 2019 declared that "America deserved 9/11" before later retracting the remark.
- 3 Sep
Ever since Piker began stumping for Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed in the pivotal Michigan Senate race, the progressive influencer has been the focus of outsized coverage by both the mainstream and right-wing news networks.
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9 Sep Why Are Democrats Allowing Republicans to Smear Their Most Popular Politician? Because He’s MuslimNew York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has released over 170,000 pages of documents showing that previous city leaders may have lied about toxic air caused by the World Trade Center's destruction on September 11, 2001. The Republican Party is criticizing Mamdani for his role in releasing these documents and has been accused of Islamophobic attacks against him. 9/11 family members and outer-borough Republican politicians…Zeteo
6 Sep Abdul El-Sayed uses speech to talk about Muslim faith and American identityAbdul El-Sayed, a Democratic Senate candidate from Michigan, used a speech at the Annual Islamic Society Conference to discuss Muslim American identity and criticize US foreign policy. He argued that being Muslim does not make someone less of an American, but rather can enhance their values as Americans. The speech comes ahead of a potential general election battle against Republican Mike Rogers, who is backed by…Al Jazeera
6 Sep Commentary: The bigoted rhetoric against Muslim American politicians is backfiring. Next up: Abdul El-SayedThe article reports on the resurgence of bigoted rhetoric against Muslim American politicians, specifically targeting Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. The right's strategy to defeat El-Sayed is to portray him as an anti-American extremist, but this approach may be backfiring. There are over 255 Muslim elected officials serving across 26 states and at nearly every level of government…Los Angeles Times
3 Sep CBS News Spins El-Sayed’s 9/11 Tweets Into a Manufactured Anti-Muslim ScandalBari Weiss, a CBS News executive, was reportedly involved in promoting an article tying Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed to the 9/11 attacks after he deleted several old tweets. The article, written by CBS reporter Zak Hudak, sparked harsh criticism from even those who share similar views on Muslims. Two of El-Sayed's deleted posts were actually asking Americans to compare the death toll of the…The Intercept
3 Sep Why Won’t Mainstream Media Talk to Hasan Piker?Leftist Twitch streamer Hasan Piker has been the subject of intense coverage from both mainstream and right-wing news networks, with some outlets devoting significant airtime to discussing him despite never having interviewed him himself. According to data gathered by Justin Baragona, Fox News and other networks have spent considerable time talking about Piker. In an interview with Baragona, Piker expressed…Zeteo
31 Aug For Abdul El-Sayed, Sept. 11 commemoration invites scrutiny of past remarksAbdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan, is facing renewed scrutiny over past statements related to 9/11 as the nation prepares to mark its 25th anniversary. The issue centers on two deleted social media posts from 2020 and 2021, where El-Sayed compared the COVID-19 death toll to the number of Americans killed on 9/11 and suggested a similar response to terrorism could be applied to public…CBS News
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