⁍ U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar, one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress, faces a challenge from fellow Democrats.
⁍ Republicans rebuked her left-wing politics, and President Donald Trump has falsely accused her of supporting al Qaeda.
⁍ Democrats have generally done well this primary cycle.
⁍ Officials in Omar’s home state of Minnesota warned that a large volume of mailed-in ballots could delay results for days.
– One of the first Muslim women elected to Congress and no stranger to criticism from across the aisle, Ilhan Omar, one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress and no stranger to criticism from across the aisle, faces a challenge from fellow Democrats hoping to unseat her in a primary election on Tuesday. Representative Rashida Tlaib, along with Omar a member of the ‘Squad of four liberal freshman congresswomen,’ last week held off a challenge. But officials in Omar’s home state of Minnesota warned that a large volume of mailed-in ballots during the coronavirus pandemic could delay results for days, reports Reuters. Minnesota, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Vermont, and Georgia all hold primary elections for Congress on Tuesday. In Georgia, a Republican who has made inflammatory comments about Muslims like Omar and expressed support for QAnon, Marjorie Taylor Greene, is running for an open House seat. In videos released in June by Politico, Greene suggested Omar’s election was part of ‘an Islamic invasion of our government.’ The videos included derogatory comments about Blacks and Jews. Republican leaders denounced the comments after they surfaced. Greene faces John Cowan, a neurosurgeon, in a primary runoff. Whoever wins the primary in the conservative district will likely be elected in November.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-congress/congresswoman-ilhan-omar-faces-latest-us-progressive-to-face-primary-challenge-idUSKCN2571BO