Nada Al-Hanooti is executive director of Emgage’s Michigan chapter, a nonpartisan organization that focuses on advocating and mobilizing Muslim voters. The Vermont senator was the first among the 2020 candidates to respond, just hours after Trump’s inflammatory tweet. Although Faroqui was happy to see the other 2020 Democrats follow their lead, he believers the other Democrats may not be authentic in their outrage against Omar. Nearly 100 Muslim candidates ran for office; in 2016 only a dozen ran. “I’m really thinking about accountability this time around,” Doumbia explained when asked how the latest events have swayed her opinion about the 2020 candidates.

Source: Huffington Post April 16, 2019 17:03 UTC