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December 6, 2019

The Guardian: Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib Targeted in Far-Right Online Operation
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The Guardian reveals Congresswomen Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida
Tlaib of Michigan were targeted by a mysterious Israeli-based Facebook
group in a far-right campaign to spread misinformation and Islamophobic
attacks against the two Democratic congresswomen. Ilhan Omar and Rashida
Tlaib are the first Muslim women to serve in Congress. They have been
subject to racist insults from President Trump and Islamophobic rants
from Trump supporters and other political opponents. They have both also
received violent death threats.


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