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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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[–] AidsKitty@lemmy.world 25 points 12 hours ago

She knew how to keep her job.

[–] reddit_sux@lemmy.world 56 points 14 hours ago (2 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.

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[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 122 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Who could've guessed that appealing to far-right republicans — who are going to vote republican anyway — wouldn't be a winning strategy?

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 69 points 15 hours ago (10 children)

Yeah, Democrats are always doing Republican-lite, then they're surprised that doesn't peel off voters on the right that will just always vote for the real thing anyway.

[–] menemen@lemmy.ml 31 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

It is actually worse. It confirms the right wing standpoints and thus leads to a general societal swing to a more right-leaning worldview. This is basically what framing is. You can see this very well here in Germany, were basically the whole political spectrum nowadays presents views that would have been considered far right just 10 years ago.

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[–] halfpipe@hexbear.net 32 points 15 hours ago

hillary-apartment

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 73 points 16 hours ago

This means not endorsing Harris was the correct political move for Tlaib.

Tlaib correctly understood that she needed to appeal to her voters to win. Donors have a lot of money but it turns out they do not get you elected. Getting votes does.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 98 points 17 hours ago (6 children)

Fucking learn from this, DNC.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 80 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (6 children)

We need to go more to the right!

— Democrats, every time they lose

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 hours ago (7 children)

Tbh I’m not convinced there’s going to be an election 4 years from now

[–] dontgooglefinderscult@lemmings.world 2 points 9 hours ago

There will be, whether the US stays a single union and its a single vote is a different discussion.

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[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 77 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Do not support genocide. It is that easy!

[–] grue@lemmy.world 40 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

It's not that easy. Democrats have to go a lot more left than just "not genocide." They have to actually give a shit about the conditions of the working class if they want the working class to support them.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 28 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

That is true but Tlaib won by an overwhelming majority of 77% against 19%. Indicating most voters did not blindly pick D or R.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 20 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I need you to understand something: Gaza is not the only reason somebody might have voted for Tlaib.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 28 points 14 hours ago

That is undeniable. Her other progressive policies also appear to be very popular. 77%!

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 38 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (48 children)

This makes me glad. I obviously wasn't hoping for much from this election to begin with, but I've been finding a lot of silver-linings since the news started coming in. Shout out to Nebraska ~~and Florida~~ for their cannabis legalization ballot measures.

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[–] Yeller_king@reddthat.com -3 points 6 hours ago (5 children)

Gaza gets wiped out even faster now on top of all the other bad things the GOP want.

Not that I believe that Gaza dissenters mattered at all in this election. I'd be amazed if even 1% of voters considered it a factor for their vote.

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