DETROIT (The Thursday Times) — Democrat Abdul El-Sayed ne Michigan mein US Senate ka intikhab jeet liya hai, Republican Mike Rogers ko shikast de kar is aiwan ke liye muntakhab hone wale pehle Muslim ban gaye hain, aise muhim ke baad jis mein Sadr Donald Trump ne unhein baar baar "jihadist" kaha.
"Michigan, hum ne kar dikhaya," El-Sayed ne himayatiyon se kaha. Yeh nateeja Democrats ki us seat ko barqarar rakhta hai jo woh 1979 se rakhte aa rahe hain, aur Congress ke donon aiwanon mein un ki kamyabi mein izafa karta hai.
El-Sayed, 42, Michigan mein Misri muhajir walidain ke ghar paida hue. Doctor aur wabai amraz ke mahir, unhon ne Detroit aur Wayne County ke sehat ke mehkame chalaye, aur 2018 mein governor ke liye nakam koshish ke saath pehli baar intikhab lara. Is baar unhon ne single-payer healthcare, zindagi ki lagat aur siyasat mein corporate paise ko mehdood karne ke wade par intikhab lara, aur naujawan aur kabhi kabhar vote dene wale voters ko apni taraf khencha.
Akhri hafte is saal ke kisi bhi muqable ke sab se bhadde hafton mein se thay. Trump ne jalson mein unhein jihadist kaha, voters se unhein mustarad karne ki apeal karte hue 9/11 ke hamlon ka zikr kiya, aur polling ke din kaha ke "sirf bewaqoof" hi unhein vote denge. Senator Ted Cruz ne kaha ke agar woh, jaisa ke Cruz ka dawa tha, Muslim Brotherhood ke himayati hain, toh un ke intikhab ke nateeje mein Americans halak ho sakte hain. El-Sayed ne kaha: "Main kabhi Muslim Brotherhood ka rukn nahin raha, main kabhi Muslim Brotherhood ka rukn nahin banunga." Unhon ne apne mukhalifeen par Islamophobia ka ilzam lagaya.
Unhein apni hi jamaat mein bhi mushkilat ka samna karna para. Representative Haley Stevens, jinhein unhon ne August ke primary mein taqreeban aik point se shikast di, ne vote se do din pehle Rogers ki taeed ki, aur kaha ke woh Senate ke liye munasib nahin hain. Israel ke liye US ki fauji madad ki un ki mukhalifat ne baaz Yahoodi voters ko door kar diya tha, aur baad mein Detroit ke qareeb aik synagogue ke preschool par truck se hamle ke baad unhon ne apne tabsiron par maafi mangi.
Un ki himayat American left ke kuch sab se bare naamon ne ki hai, aur tawaqqo hai ke jab Democrats apni simt par bahas kar rahe hain, toh woh aik numayan aawaz honge. Party ki 2028 ki sadarati namzadgi ki daur mein Michigan aik ahem ibtidai sooba hai.
63 saala Rogers, jo sabiqa congressman aur FBI agent hain, 2024 mein Michigan mein Senate ka intikhab bhi haar gaye thay. Mukammal nateeje yahan dekhein.
