Many liberals celebrated when Hamtramck, Michigan, elected a Muslim-majority council in 2015 but a vote to exclude LGBTQ+ flags from city property has soured relations
In 2015, many liberal residents in Hamtramck, Michigan, celebrated as their city attracted international attention for becoming the first in the United States to elect a Muslim-majority city council.
They viewed the power shift and diversity as a symbolic-but-meaningful rebuke of the Islamophobic rhetoric that was a central theme of then Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign.
I’m enjoying this way too much.
Meanwhile in Canada …
.@TaylorMcNallie, a violent Canadian #BLM activist, has been convicted for assaulting a female sheriff by smashing her on the head with a megaphone & for breaking a photojournalist's glasses & damaging his camera. Within minutes of her conviction on June 15 in Calgary, she was… pic.twitter.com/7VxapuWlR0
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) June 16, 2023
Things are on a razor's edge right now. Muslim parents are furious with the counter protesters, who they say want to mutilate their children in schools. pic.twitter.com/wCv7D1J7TB
— Keean Bexte (@TheRealKeean) June 17, 2023
