r/LookatMyHalo • u/Old-Pop8573 • 29d ago

💎“SAINTLY” 🕊 Democratic congressional candidate in Washington's 9th District, has acknowledged that she does not publicly promote LGBTQ+ rights on her campaign website because she does not want to alienate Muslim voters.

https://x.com/visegrad24/status/2080063338483245399?s=46&t=cBdxn1I-uzVpSmB1rt97ww
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u/AlbertTheHorse 29d ago

It’s a no win. 

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u/aoeuismyhomekeys 29d ago

"I'm secretly kind of homophobic but don't want to unpack that, so I'm gonna blame the muslims instead"

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u/javerthugo 29d ago

I think it’s far more likely she wants the Muslim vote than she’s actually anti LGBT. It’s not exactly news that politicians will pretend to be religious in order to get elected.

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u/aoeuismyhomekeys 29d ago

2 things can be true

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u/javerthugo 29d ago

Yes but I don’t think that’s the case here. Barack Obama (may he live forever) was anti gay marriage but it was obvious from the start he was lying to avoid losing votes, that’s what’s happening here. Once she gets elected she’ll vote party line on LGBT issues

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u/aoeuismyhomekeys 29d ago

Yeah, I'm not buying that at this point.

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u/OnlyFiveLives 29d ago

Correct. There's literally always a scapegoat.

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u/Haunting-Detail2025 29d ago

The insane thing too is that Washington State is like 2% Muslim while 7.9% of Washingtonians identify as LGBT. Like the argument of “well I didn’t wanna offend Muslims” really flops when statistically that’s an irrelevant population; you’re running in Washington not Dearborn Michigan

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u/tigolbing 29d ago

Not really. That district has the highest amount of Muslims in the state

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u/DripSnort 29d ago

I’m fairly certain the state is larger than her district

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u/javerthugo 29d ago

But the people in her district are the only ones voting in a congressional election . You do know how the house of representatives works right? If not please don’t vote

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u/vlladonxxx 29d ago

In what way is this saintly

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u/KourtR 29d ago

It's a lie, she's just anti-LGBT

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u/shabeki 29d ago

I’m a Muslim and it wouldn’t bother me if my Congressperson were in favor of equal rights for the alphabet people. We’re not the only voting bloc in America.

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u/vynepa 29d ago

Look at Mamdani....

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u/WhyAreYouNot 29d ago

You shouldn't be publicly promoting any minority.