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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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[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Well done! Elect an official that is likely to be deported because you just elected, "a dictator on day one who wants to deport 20 million people in the first 6 months, with no end in sight."

You're just like Missouri that just ended a statewide abortion ban, only to elect the guy that promised to ban it at the federal level.

Basically your state sold the rest of us out because of your pride, greed, and racism.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Another reason to love her.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Another reason to worry about her being deported

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

What was the breakdown of the district's vote in the presidential election? I'm surprised that wasn't included in the article. It seems extremely pertinent.

[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 87 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Dont expect the Democrats to learn anything from this because their Billionaire donors would rather they lose by promoting policies that don't threaten profits than win and cost the donors money.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 32 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Their billionaire donors don't lose, that's the point. Reps are following the same main purpose of allowing barely restricted capital accumulation.

To know what happens in US politics when the donors are seeing even the distant possiblity of losing one day, ask Black Panthers for example.

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[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

The Associated Press called the race with just 18 percent of the votes counted.

WTF?

[–] would_be_appreciated@lemmy.ml 18 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Not unusual, and not a bad thing. They called a number of races with less than that. If you're taking your expected percentages with the voting samples you've got and your statistics and calculations say there's less than a 1% chance the race will flip, you might as well call it. They're pretty much never wrong when they make a call that early.

It also doesn't actually matter because the AP isn't who decides the winner.

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[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 115 points 1 day ago (11 children)

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

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[–] reddit_sux@lemmy.world 58 points 22 hours ago (1 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.

[–] Hugin@lemmy.world 23 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

We have a conservative party and a very conservative party.

[–] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 17 points 17 hours ago

We have two very conservative parties with one trying to shake their branding of being otherwise.

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