This kind of thing happens every so often. A leftist who has put identity politics front and center in his or her life as a public figure comes up against a conflict between two supposedly-put-upon demographic groups and must make a choice.
Here is how the Minnesota congresswoman decided the question in this situation:
Rep. Rashida Tlaib is opposed to Muslim parents in her new district who, in an alliance with conservatives, are furious about school materials protestors say are sexually explicit.
On Oct. 13, hundreds of people filed into a Dearborn School Board meeting, most to object to some books in schools that parents said contained inappropriate sexual material, according to FOX 2 Detroit. That meeting followed another earlier in the week that was suspended because the sheer number of attendees present broke fire code.
The Democrat, a member of the leftist "Squad" of House lawmakers, did not respond to a request from Fox News Digital asking about the incident and Muslims objecting to various sexual and gender materials in schools. She has previously condemned the protestors.
Many of the people in the meeting objecting to the books were Arab American Muslims from the heavily Muslim Dearborn community, FOX 2 reported. They formed an alliance in the contentious meeting with high-profile Republicans also opposed to the books.
It seems that HRC scorecard rating outweighs solidarity with the Muslim immigrants who have comprised her base:
"LGBTQ+ rights are human rights, which is why I am proud to earn a 100% on @HRC’s Congressional Scorecard for the 117th Congress," Tlaib said the morning after the contentious meeting. "Everyone deserves to love who they love and live freely. This is only the beginning of the fight for equality."
Read the rest of the linked article. It seems Muslim parents in Minnesota and Missouri, Somali and Bosnian respectively, are none too keen on their kids being taught about statistically abnormal modes of human sexuality, either.
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