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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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[โ€“] CooperRedArmyDog@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You say as harris literaly said that she wanted class colaberation ... a charicteristic that has been seen in every type of facism.

also if everyone was trying to beat facism why did Haris make no attempt to bring in the left she was hostile to it at every turn, even at the easiest part of saying "genocide bad"

[โ€“] lemonmelon@lemmy.world -5 points 1 week ago

There were two candidates who could win. I didn't like either of them. That doesn't mean one wasn't closer to what I'd like to see for this country.

Now we have what we have.