Diversity is beautiful alert!
His friend says the mistake was made because: “…it was based on someone who came from a place where women are considered lower class — in Africa, especially in Muslim countries.” But, he is a changed man says the friend who is a “new American” like Jafar.
Here is the story headline,
Jafar Vows to Remain in Burlington Council Race Despite Sexist Tweets
Mohamed Jafar vowed to stay in the race for Burlington’s South District city council seat despite a VTDigger.org storypublished Monday that described a series of sexist tweets the candidate had sent as recently as 2015. Jafar is running in the Democrat Primary for City Council
“I sincerely apologize to those I’ve offended. I sincerely apologize to those who were really surprised” by the tweets, Jafar, 22, told Seven Days. “My personality and character have evolved since then.”
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Though he was contrite on Monday, Jafar, a Progressive running on a platform of equality and civic engagement, said that there’s “no chance” he’d withdraw from the race as a result of the revelations.
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In the race for the South End seat, Jafar faces incumbent Joan Shannon, a Democrat, and Paco DeFrancis, an independent. Shannon and DeFrancis each told VTDigger.org that they were troubled by the tweets. Just a sampling, more tweets at Vermont Digger. https://vtdigger.org/2019/02/11/progressive-burlington-council-candidate-apologizes-sexist-tweets/ Progs contacted by Seven Days on Monday appear to be standing by their man. Councilor Ali Dieng (D/P-Ward 7) said he was initially disappointed by the tweets but would continue to support the candidate. Dieng has campaigned for and spoken publicly in support of Jafar. Both men are New Americans; Jafar is Somali and was born in a Kenyan refugee camp.He was 7 when his family immigrated to the U.S.
Dieng noted that Jafar was young when he tapped out the offensive tweets. “Where the mistake was made, it was based on someone who came from a place where women are considered lower class — in Africa, especially in Muslim countries,” Dieng said. “His life has definitely shown he has changed.”
Every one of you should be getting your own Vermont Digger–like website up and running, how about a Virginia Digger, Minnesota Digger, or my favorite would be a Maryland Digger!
Or if there is something similar in your state, promote it!
5 thoughts on “Vermont Progressive Somali Running for Elective Office Apologizes for Sexist Tweets”
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Rich
On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 6:23 PM Frauds, Crooks and Criminals wrote:
> Ann Corcoran posted: “Diversity is beautiful alert! His friend says the > mistake was made because: “…it was based on someone who came from a > place where women are considered lower class — in Africa, especially in > Muslim countries.” But, he is a changed man says the frien” >
Only second generation Americans should be eligible for public office and government jobs. That is what the Founding Fathers meant by “natural born citizen”. We have way too many immigrants (i.e. Maizie Hirono was born in Japan) and first generation Americans (i.e. Kamala Harris) holding these jobs and they are imposing their third-world corruption and pagan values on We the People. TPTB are using them and the illegals for ETHNIC CLEANSING.
Ali Dieng is from Senegal, another Muslim country. No Muslim can “change” unless they have converted to Christianity. No Muslim can legitimately be an American citizen because their first allegiance is to Islam and jihad for its global caliphate.
Dieng and Jafar are engaged in cultural jihad. They must be deported for engaging in sedtion.
BS. He hasn’t changed. But this is a prime example of exactly why conservatives need to get off the purity spiral and start protecting their own – including “racists”, “white supremacists”, and “-phobes” of all stripes. Democrats and progressives stick together. If conservatives plan on maintaining any vestige of American traditional culture and values they need to adopt the Dem/progressive method of basically ignoring the fringe elements and stress unity.
Take note of the Bernie sticker on the lid of his computer.
Every one of you should be getting your own
Great. Published: http://bit.ly/2TLKE2W
Rich
On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 6:23 PM Frauds, Crooks and Criminals wrote:
> Ann Corcoran posted: “Diversity is beautiful alert! His friend says the > mistake was made because: “…it was based on someone who came from a > place where women are considered lower class — in Africa, especially in > Muslim countries.” But, he is a changed man says the frien” >
Only second generation Americans should be eligible for public office and government jobs. That is what the Founding Fathers meant by “natural born citizen”. We have way too many immigrants (i.e. Maizie Hirono was born in Japan) and first generation Americans (i.e. Kamala Harris) holding these jobs and they are imposing their third-world corruption and pagan values on We the People. TPTB are using them and the illegals for ETHNIC CLEANSING.
Ali Dieng is from Senegal, another Muslim country. No Muslim can “change” unless they have converted to Christianity. No Muslim can legitimately be an American citizen because their first allegiance is to Islam and jihad for its global caliphate.
Dieng and Jafar are engaged in cultural jihad. They must be deported for engaging in sedtion.
BS. He hasn’t changed. But this is a prime example of exactly why conservatives need to get off the purity spiral and start protecting their own – including “racists”, “white supremacists”, and “-phobes” of all stripes. Democrats and progressives stick together. If conservatives plan on maintaining any vestige of American traditional culture and values they need to adopt the Dem/progressive method of basically ignoring the fringe elements and stress unity.
Take note of the Bernie sticker on the lid of his computer.
Good catch! I hadn’t noticed that!