‘It’s just straight bigotry’: Trump leads wave of Islamophobic rhetoric as midterms loom
by Joseph Gedeon in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#78BT4)
As Muslims win historic victories, experts describe rise in anti-Islamic sentiment that rivals post-9/11 climate
Within hours of Abdul El-Sayed's victory in Michigan's Democratic US Senate primary, Republican senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama declared that the party had just voted to send a TERRORIST" to Washington.
El-Sayed - or Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed", as Tuberville called him on X - was a RADICAL ISLAMIST" who would do everything he can to destroy America", he claimed.
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