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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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[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 103 points 1 day ago

Fucking learn from this, DNC.

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[-] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 76 points 1 day 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.

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 71 points 1 day ago

Do not support genocide. It is that easy!

[-] grue@lemmy.world 44 points 22 hours ago

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 31 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

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 22 hours ago

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

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 30 points 22 hours ago

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

[-] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 33 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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.

[-] the_sisko@startrek.website 6 points 1 day ago

Florida's cannabis legalization ballot measure failed...

And thanks in part to Michigan voters, we have a president who will fuck over Gaza even more. Great success.

[-] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 8 points 17 hours ago

Trump was declared a winner before Michigan had a called winner for president.

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[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 19 points 20 hours ago

The only hope Gaza ever had was the Axis of Resistance, no matter who won they were facing annihilation and forced displacement. North Gaza is the blueprint for the rest of the Strip. Only if Israel is defeated can Palestine be free.

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 30 points 23 hours ago

Why not blame Democrats for not meeting voters where they are?

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[-] BakerBagel@midwest.social 23 points 23 hours ago

Maybe the ossue was Democrats trying to appeal to Republican voters, who would rather vote for Republicans and get everything they want instead of only some of what they want.

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[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 34 points 1 day ago

And so the voter blaming begins.

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[-] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 day ago

Short of putting boots on the ground or dropping a nuke there is no way to "fuck over Gaza even more."

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

Things can always get worse.

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[-] the_sisko@startrek.website 14 points 1 day ago

The one thing I've learned from experience w/ Donald Trump is that he finds a way to make things worse.

[-] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

That's a very broad statement that I can't argue with because I have no intention to defend Donald Trump. Wiith that in mind I imagine anything he does to Gaza is just in line with what Biden or Harris would have also done but probably dumber. They had over a year to make us believe otherwise.

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