Former Women’s March leader Linda Sarsour said on Monday that she plans to search Georgia on behalf of Democratic U.S. Senate candidates Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff for the second round on January 5.
Sarsour appeared on a virtual “vote-a-thon” organized by the Council on American-Islamic Relations and the Georgia Muslim Voter Project and told Georgians she was “likely to come to a door near you.”
“You, the Muslim community in Georgia, can literally swing this entire election on your own and send two Democrats to the US Senate, [Vice President-elect] Kamala Harris will be the deciding voter, ‘said Sarsour at the event, which was attended by representatives Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., And Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.
Sarsour said that by voting for Warnock and Ossoff, the Georgian Muslim community “can actually alleviate the damage and suffering of millions of immigrants in this country, particularly in terms of immigration reform and climate change.”
Sarsour has earned a controversial reputation for her inflammatory rhetoric against Israel and her support of the BDS movement calling for boycotts, divestments and sanctions against the state.
Last year’s Women’s March cut ties with Sarsour and two other founding board members following allegations of anti-Semitic rhetoric that weakened the group’s mission.
And in August, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s campaign distanced herself from Sarsour after seeing her take part in the Democratic National Convention.
“Joe Biden has been a strong supporter of Israel and a fierce opponent of anti-Semitism throughout his life, and he clearly condemns its views and opposes BDS, as does the Democratic platform,” Biden campaign spokesman Andrew Bates said in a statement, referring to to Sarsour. “She has no part in the Biden campaign.”
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Sarsour’s open support for Warnock and Ossoff will likely put them in an uncomfortable position. Warnock, in particular, had to reverse his own earlier remarks, criticizing Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians as compared to apartheid South Africa.
And in a 2016 sermon, Warnock criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s opposition to a two-state solution for peace in the region.
Warnock called the Prime Minister’s stance “tantamount to occupation today, occupation tomorrow, occupation forever,” a line similar to former Alabama Governor George Wallace’s call for “segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever.”
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The Jan. 5 election in Georgia will determine whether the Republicans will keep their majority in the Senate or whether the Democrats will control both houses of Congress in addition to the White House.