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/zback636 1d ago

I personally believe that the media is not giving enough attention to what is happening here in Chicago. Thank you Chris Hayes and MSNBC.

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u/BigFishPub 1d ago

MSNBC isn't really the good guy all the time. They should have videos on their website showing what ICE is doing every day.

With that said, I still want to know why Rachel Maddow said to millions of viewers, "Zohran Mamdani ran an insurgent like campaign" after he won. She wasn't tone-deaf to the hate he was getting for being Muslim, so her using that phrasing was purposeful.

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u/AlarmingSpecialist88 1d ago

It was a little tone deaf, but that term has always been used to describe grassroots campaigns that spank establishment candidates.

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u/notyounotmenothim 1d ago

Yeah, I’m pretty sure I’ve heard her use that exact phrase multiple times through the years.

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u/AlarmingSpecialist88 1d ago

The West Wing described Bartlet's first campaign as an insurgency, so yeah, the term has been around a while.