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Sorry, who are the Democratic Muslim elected officials enacting lgbtq+ flag bans?
Hamtramck, Michigan voted in a Muslim majority city council, who promptly banned Pride flags… for reasons:
https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/17/hamtramck-michigan-muslim-council-lgbtq-pride-flags-banned
Here ya go
Yeah that article is a little more complicated than “Democrats get Muslim elected.“
Are any of the elected officials in question even Democrats? The article doesn't say.
Biden won with like 85% of the vote in Hamtranck.
A little trick to reading most news articles: If the person or people its about are Democrats, the article will tell you.
It's happening the most in Michigan since a large arab diaspora community has settled in there from the Ford days
Prior to 9/11 arab muslims were a lock in republican voting bloc because christian nationalism hadn't yet locked onto them as a target for persecution, and they often share goals for social policy.