Not a great look for the "Republicans aren't racist" crowd.

[Seattle or Bust]

In Michigan's 8th Congressional District, Candidate Tom Smith defeated candidate Amir Hassan in the Republican primary race for a chance to take on Kristen Rivet for the Congressional seat.

The only kicker? Tom Smith, a candidate with $2,000 raised and less than 100 followers on the Facebook page for his campaign, had WITHDRAWN from the race via a video on Facebook posted on July 15th due to what he perceived as not enough support to continue.

Hassan, a black, Navy veteran, and former Muslim turned Christian, who had disavowed the Muslim religion and was forced to post videos online explaining that he is "not an immigrant" and that his family "had been in the US for hundreds of years," was endorsed by both Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson. Trump had invited Hassan on stage at a rally on July 27th to endorse his candidacy. He was of course chosen as a token candidate meant to represent that minorities can disavow leftist extremism and join the righteous side .

On a Trump Truth Social post endorsing the candidate, comments... such as this one by "JoniMarieforLiberty" said, ”“YOU ARE BEING MISLED, President Trump! This guy is a snake in the grass. Muslim and never voted for a republican in his whole life. Moved to Michigan last summer and immediately filed to run for office. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!” Another commenter named "Billie" wrote, “his name gives me pause. Call me racist, but I am merely being cautious. Obama comes to mind."

It didn't matter that Hassan's own campaign literature says Jesus Christ is his Lord and Savior. The mob had already decided that a name and a former religion were enough to disqualify him.

Republicans in Michigan literally voted for a man on a ballot who had dropped out of the race because the name "Tom Smith" looked white and "Amir Hassan" looked Muslim.

Nice job.

[gil]

In Michigan's 8th Congressional District, Candidate Tom Smith defeated candidate Amir Hassan in the Republican primary race for a chance to take on Kristen Rivet for the Congressional seat.

The only kicker? Tom Smith, a candidate with $2,000 raised and less than 100 followers on the Facebook page for his campaign, had WITHDRAWN from the race via a video on Facebook posted on July 15th due to what he perceived as not enough support to continue.

Hassan, a black, Navy veteran, and former Muslim turned Christian, who had disavowed the Muslim religion and was forced to post videos online explaining that he is "not an immigrant" and that his family "had been in the US for hundreds of years," was endorsed by both Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson. Trump had invited Hassan on stage at a rally on July 27th to endorse his candidacy. He was of course chosen as a token candidate meant to represent that minorities can disavow leftist extremism and join the righteous side .

On a Trump Truth Social post endorsing the candidate, comments... such as this one by "JoniMarieforLiberty" said, ”“YOU ARE BEING MISLED, President Trump! This guy is a snake in the grass. Muslim and never voted for a republican in his whole life. Moved to Michigan last summer and immediately filed to run for office. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!” Another commenter named "Billie" wrote, “his name gives me pause. Call me racist, but I am merely being cautious. Obama comes to mind."

It didn't matter that Hassan's own campaign literature says Jesus Christ is his Lord and Savior. The mob had already decided that a name and a former religion were enough to disqualify him.

Republicans in Michigan literally voted for a man on a ballot who had dropped out of the race because the name "Tom Smith" looked white and "Amir Hassan" looked Muslim.

Nice job.

Interesting to see two new posts about elections.

This is pretty much a "toss up district". Trump won it in 2024, but a Democrats was elected to the House at the same time. My alternative explanation is that many voters did not know that Smith had dropped out, and then compared the candidates and Smith looked like the more conservative of the two. Being more conservative tends to win Republican primaries. I glanced at his Facebook page and his website, and Smith definitely is hard right.

I am surprised that Trump's endorsement didn't carry the day. Trump used to have a much better record on his candidates winning.

[DavidGee24]

Well, there we go, folks. SoB, who appeared to have been run out of the Forum because he was sick of always being owned and had no recourse on recent threads which have been posted here (which by the way, resulted in much more intelligent, understanding and respectful discussion), gets a sudden itch because "JoniMarieForLiberty" and "Billie" said something stupid. These are literally two people, folks.

Did some people not vote for Hassan because of his name and history? Probably. Is it also possible that some voters thought Hassan wasn't authentic? Probably. Is it also possible that some voters thought Hassan was very flawed (as some GOP members said) and that Smith was the better candidate? Probably. Is it also possible that a lot of Democrat voters voted for Smith because Hassan was Trump's guy? Probably.

Nice try, bro. Seriously, quoting TWO random people.

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[gil]

Well, there we go, folks. SoB, who appeared to have been run out of the Forum because he was sick of always being owned and had no recourse on recent threads which have been posted here (which by the way, resulted in much more intelligent, understanding and respectful discussion), gets a sudden itch because "JoniMarieForLiberty" and "Billie" said something stupid. These are literally two people, folks.

Did some people not vote for Hassan because of his name and history? Probably. Is it also possible that some voters thought Hassan wasn't authentic? Probably. Is it also possible that some voters thought Hassan was very flawed (as some GOP members said) and that Smith was the better candidate? Probably. Is it also possible that a lot of Democrat voters voted for Smith because Hassan was Trump's guy? Probably.

Nice try, bro. Seriously, quoting TWO random people. aysk0k.jpg

The first part of your meme "these two random people said something on social media" is unfortunately the way of lot of discussions start. The second part of your meme could as easily be "this proves democrats are stupid."

[DavidGee24]

The first part of your meme "these two random people said something on social media" is unfortunately the way of lot of discussions start. The second part of your meme could as easily be "this proves democrats are stupid."

And anyone who says that is stupid. That's the difference between us and those who are politically far left or far right. Their point of view is so narrow that they're like bots whose programming doesn't allow them to reason it through and everything is just an absolute to them.

[bpj]

We won't see any progress away from progressive policy if people keep worrying about what's "racist".

Pattern recognition is a problem for Democrats and minorities. They want to dress it up as "racism"? Let them, who cares.

We don't need Muslims- former or not- or Jews leading our country. Or being in it for that matter.

And black people commit more than their share of crime. Oh, the horror for speaking the truth out loud! How racist!

[DanielVogelbach]

Politics is fake and doesn't change the course of "government". Never has. Never will.

If voting mattered, then they wouldn't let you do it.

They system doesn't care who you vote for. The system just wants you to believe in it's legitimacy.

[Walla Walla Dawg II]

In Michigan's 8th Congressional District, Candidate Tom Smith defeated candidate Amir Hassan in the Republican primary race for a chance to take on Kristen Rivet for the Congressional seat.

The only kicker? Tom Smith, a candidate with $2,000 raised and less than 100 followers on the Facebook page for his campaign, had WITHDRAWN from the race via a video on Facebook posted on July 15th due to what he perceived as not enough support to continue.

Hassan, a black, Navy veteran, and former Muslim turned Christian, who had disavowed the Muslim religion and was forced to post videos online explaining that he is "not an immigrant" and that his family "had been in the US for hundreds of years," was endorsed by both Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson. Trump had invited Hassan on stage at a rally on July 27th to endorse his candidacy. He was of course chosen as a token candidate meant to represent that minorities can disavow leftist extremism and join the righteous side .

On a Trump Truth Social post endorsing the candidate, comments... such as this one by "JoniMarieforLiberty" said, ”“YOU ARE BEING MISLED, President Trump! This guy is a snake in the grass. Muslim and never voted for a republican in his whole life. Moved to Michigan last summer and immediately filed to run for office. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!” Another commenter named "Billie" wrote, “his name gives me pause. Call me racist, but I am merely being cautious. Obama comes to mind."

It didn't matter that Hassan's own campaign literature says Jesus Christ is his Lord and Savior. The mob had already decided that a name and a former religion were enough to disqualify him.

Republicans in Michigan literally voted for a man on a ballot who had dropped out of the race because the name "Tom Smith" looked white and "Amir Hassan" looked Muslim.

Nice job.

I would say that this is YOUR opinion and not fact. If it is fact, please product the factual evidence that race is involved.

[Walla Walla Dawg II]

Here is a hint: There are only 5 races....and Islam isn't one of them.

Social and Historical Views on Race

While biology sees only one human family, societies and governments throughout history have used different ways to group people based on physical traits, geography, or culture.

Three to five major groups: Older anthropology models often tried to split humans into 3 to 5 categories (such as Caucasian, Mongoloid, Negroid, and Australoid).

Social constructs: Today, experts view race as a social and legal idea rather than a scientific one. Different countries count and name racial groups differently based on their own laws and history.

Ethnic groups: Instead of race, many international groups and scientists prefer to talk about ethnic groups, of which there are more than 5,000 worldwide.