The first two Muslim women elected to the US Congress will be sworn in today. I wrote about the importance of @IlhanMN and @RashidaTlaib google.com/amp/s/www.nbcn…
Tlaib & Omar ran on the kind of progressive platforms that propelled other women of color to electoral victories in the midterms. Tlaib for example, focused on issues like a $15 minimum wage, Medicare For All & reducing student debt. Omar identifies as an intersectional feminist.
Tlaib and Omar complicate more than just the optics of Muslim women. At a time when the patriarchal voting patterns of white American women are finally being scrutinized, these two progressive women of color represent the opposite.
When @IlhanOmar says, “I am America’s hope and the president’s nightmare,” I say Amen, sister.
This picture and this sentiment - @RashidaTlaib and @IlhanMN
.@RashidaTlaib is also the first Palestinian-American woman to join the U.S. Congress.
@IlhanMN is first Somali American to join the U.S. Congress.
@IlhanMN is first Somali American to join the U.S. Congress.
