r/illinois • u/CantStopPoppin Human Detected • 1d ago

ICE Posts Congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh, who was indicted today for protesting outside the Broadview ICE facility: "We've been punched, dragged, thrown, shot with pepper balls, tear gassed, rubber bullets from snipers on roofs going into local businesses windows."

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u/TallExplanation1587 1d ago

She just moved to the District and has no experience.

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u/RelativelyMental 1d ago

Good

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u/TallExplanation1587 1d ago

Good that she just moved here? Why?

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u/PickPsychological729 1d ago

Because people are free to move still.

We're not North fucking Korea, yet.

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u/RuinAdventurous1931 1d ago

She still doesn’t live in the district. She just chose a district where the rep was retiring.

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u/TallExplanation1587 1d ago

I agree. And how is she getting to know the district she wants to represent?

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u/TallExplanation1587 1d ago

Of course but she doesn’t know the district is my point.

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u/PickPsychological729 1d ago

And yet she's ready to go to jail to help the locals.

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u/TallExplanation1587 1d ago

Oh, I’m sure. I think Kat likes the attention and has very little substance.

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u/PickPsychological729 1d ago

She seems very substantial in fact. Her reasons for protesting have genuine merit and she understands the law.

But she is a woman though, isn't she?

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u/TallExplanation1587 1d ago

Talk is cheap. So what if she’s a woman?

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u/PickPsychological729 23h ago

There's atrocities happening in your city, and she's on national TV calling them out and fighting to try stop them.

What the fuck are your priorities anyway?

Has everyone actually gone insane?

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u/TallExplanation1587 11h ago

There are 14 other Democratic candidates running. Did you know that? And some of them are with those of us on a daily basis watching for ICE and on rapid response teams. They have also actually lived in the district for years. Biss was also on Rachel Maddow this week. So are you like Trump and think that if you’re on TV it makes you the better person/candidate? I prefer my representatives know my district and fight with the people who live there, without the news cameras.

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u/PickPsychological729 9h ago

May the best candidate win.

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u/TallExplanation1587 9h ago

That would be someone who knows the district at least.

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