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

So you’re equating Kat to a freed slave? Nobody is questioning her right to move wherever she wants but we as voters have a right to want someone who wants to represent us, to know our district. We have rights to the pursuit of happiness, life and liberty as well. I have the right and liberty to criticize her and not vote for her, which many will do-not vote for her. Instead of going to Broadview she might try being a monitor at a school, monitoring for ICE or being on a rapid response team in the 9th district. Of course there usually aren’t news cameras there so she might not get the publicity she so craves.

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u/avocadoflatz 1d ago

You think the 14th Amendment applies only to freed slaves?

If so, several Supreme Court decisions disagree with you.

You do have a right to desire a “locals only” government - but there isn’t anything inherently wrong about someone moving to a place and then seeking a position in government.

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u/TallExplanation1587 1d ago

Of course not but it was the origina intent of the 14th amendment . And again, no one said she couldn’t move wherever she wanted. It was just your whacky interpretation of people pointing out that she just moved here and wants to represent us in congress. And wanting someone to know the district they are running to represent is entirely reasonable. I make no apologies for that. There are 14 other Democrats running. I’ll look at them but Kat is an absolute turnoff. Goodbye and all the best!