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- Because
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have fought so heavily against corporate tax breaks, especially because I've seen our schools in Detroit close down.
- Africa
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't care if it's Saudi Arabia or if it's Israel or any other country. I can't imagine our members of Congress or even the residents back in the day that pushed back against apartheid in Africa not to be able to boycott.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mere existence as a member of Congress as a Palestinian causes a lot of fear, because I'm here as a human being, as an American, that is saying to the world that we exist.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can tell you, you know, I am a person that every - people that do really know me well know that I'm extremely passionate about fighting for my families and the residents back home.
- Humanity
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have to be a nation of compassion and some sort of humanity when it comes to the treatment of other human beings.
- Safe
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I think of immigration, I want to think of families. I want to think of unity. I want to think of a safe place, you know, free of persecution, a place where we can welcome a child that is hungry.
- Civil Rights Act
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- Nov 07, 2020
To me, I know that if we could pass the Civil Rights Act of '64 over 50 years ago, then we can pass Justice for All Civil Rights Act. We can pass Medicare for All.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
People across metro Detroit face discrimination every day in housing, employment, insurance - the list goes on. It might not always be explicit and in your face, but my residents know when they're being mistreated.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother raised 14 kids, with little means, from our humble house in Southwest Detroit - and now her daughter, who started school not speaking English, is going to be a congresswoman. It was so important for her to know her strength got me here, and that I'm going to fight every day with her spirit inside me.
- Africa
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- Nov 07, 2020
We cannot have policies that punish people for taking action. Imagine the further harm it would have caused if the federal government banned civil rights leaders from boycotting buses in Montgomery, Alabama, or banning divestment from Apartheid South Africa.
- Action
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- Nov 07, 2020
Limiting the ability of the people to peacefully organize and partake in direct action to fight against persecution and discrimination is not only barred by the U.S. Constitution but is fundamentally un-American.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
My God, do we have some of the most amazing people. You won't find stories like ours. You almost feel like, if there's ever a need to tell an American story, just come to Detroit.
- Proud
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm so much of a proud Detroiter.
- I Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love being a mom.
- Broken
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- Nov 07, 2020
Serving in the U.S. Congress is about much more than voting on bills. It is about taking on the corporate bullies that taint our democratic process and pushing back when the system is broken.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Voters will never wonder where I stand on an issue or if I will be there when needed. I will be side by side with them as we fight back against the Trump agenda together.
- Building
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- Nov 07, 2020
Historically marginalized populations have already had less access to wealth and credit building opportunities, and the continued use of credit histories to set auto insurance pricing compounds racial discrimination and exacerbates wealth inequality.
- First Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first thing I think about when somebody says you're going to be the first Muslim is celebrate this moment.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm constantly working, and I've earned everything that I've been able to achieve on my own, and that's what being the eldest of 14 taught me.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was the third parent, growing up, and it did make me a very overly responsible adult.
- Nov 07, 2020
My dad grew up in Nicaragua in his teenage years, then immigrated to the United States.
- High School
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to Detroit Public Schools: Harms Elementary, Bennett, which is now called Phoenix Academy. This is all in Southwest Detroit. I graduated from Southwestern High School, so I'm a 'Prospector,' which is what we used to call each other.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
We must stop tax giveaways to rich corporations and developers while our schools are crumbling and people are losing their homes.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Big money has hijacked our politics.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Resources and money can change people's lives today, where legislation can take years - up to 10, 15 years sometimes before it really, really impacts people.
- Legal
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- Nov 07, 2020
Concern for 'national security' has introduced unprecedented insecurity to living in the United States as a legal permanent resident.
- Most
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- Nov 07, 2020
Lost in the often-vitriolic national quarrel over immigration reform is any examination of proposed measures that would result in excessive punishment, such as detention and deportation, for the most minor offenses.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we are asked to bail out corporations and banks, or pass tax bills that shift billions in public dollars out of government, we must ask ourselves, who were we truly sent here to advocate for?
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
From capitalizing housing trust funds, which allow low-income people to obtain grants to fix up and stay in their homes, to creating job training programs in schools, these are the kinds of economic stimuli that will give families the opportunity to thrive.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we shift our public dollars away from our schools and city services and into company developments, it increases the root causes of poverty: unemployment, underemployment, lack of community resources, and lack of quality public education.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
No matter how much the private sector crows that corporate tax breaks will lead to more jobs or robust economic activity, such benefits rarely materialize.
- Dangerous
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- Nov 07, 2020
Trump's years in office are years we cannot get back. But more dangerous than the loss of time is allowing Trump's precedents to take root.
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
Trump's pardon of Arpaio may not get as much attention as Russian influence or Trump's apparent obstruction of justice in the Mueller investigation. But to me, as a woman of color, it is a clear abuse of power for the U.S. president to pardon a sheriff who targeted people for arrest because of their ethnicity.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 2017, Trump pardoned Joe Arpaio, an Arizona sheriff who was ordered by a federal court to stop racially profiling and was convicted of criminal contempt when he refused. Arpaio, by targeting Latinx people, was violating both the U.S. Constitution and our civil rights.
- Clause
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- Nov 07, 2020
The emoluments clause is in the Constitution for a reason: We, as Americans, need to know that the president acts in our best interests, not his own self-interest.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
Southwest Detroit has been through hell (excuse my directness) with Matty Moroun, his Bridge Company, and all his fancy-named subsidiaries. From blighted homes that my boys have to walk by to allowing his trucks to rumble down our residential streets, passing our parks, schools, and homes - we have had it.
- Cannot
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- Nov 07, 2020
We cannot afford to deliberately cripple our cities by transferring public tax dollars to private entities for benefits that are unclear at best.
- City Council
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mayors, city council members, and legislators come and go, but neighborhoods don't go anywhere.
- Other
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are valuable. Detroit and other neighboring communities are places to invest in, not rob.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
We continue to see our elected officials working extra hard to create a 'good climate for business' that leads to disinvestment in public infrastructure and tax incentives to the detriment of cities, while enriching private business and further entrenching poverty. And our cities are told by legislators to use their bootstraps to survive.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother knows struggle and has taught me how to lead with compassion, the compassion that should be required for every representative on every level of government.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Throughout my career in public service, the residents I have had the privilege of fighting for have embraced who I am, especially my Palestinian roots. This is what I want to bring to the United States Congress: an unapologetic display of the fabric of the people in this country.
- Memories
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a young girl, I watched my mother hand-stitch thobes while sitting on the floor with a lamp at her side. She would make the small designs of flowers and different shapes. Just thinking about it brings up so many memories of my mother and how proud she was of being Palestinian.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom is a woman who grew up in a small farming village in the West Bank called Beit Ur El Foka. She only went to school up to 8th grade and then dropped out to go work in a tailor shop that made dresses and different embroidered designs to make money for her family.
- Michigan
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a member of the Michigan Democratic Party, a DSA member, member of the League of Women Voters, ACLU.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad's first-ever real true job was at Ford Motor Company. He was a UAW member.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember Congressman Conyers voting against the PATRIOT Act, voting against the Iraq War when it was unpopular to. That tremendous amount of courage that comes with that kind of leadership, I mean, that's what we need.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Either you're for ending Citizens United, or you're not. So, if you're for ending Citizens United, then act like you are against corporations influencing our democratic process.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am for everyone, every single person, Israeli, Palestinian, to have equal access to opportunities, to feel safe where they live, and to really be a genuine partner and a visionary around reaching peace in that region.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020