(AFP) Omar Qudrat denies any contradiction in his being both a Muslim and a Republican in the era of President Donald Trump.
In fact, he is so convinced that his party is still one of diversity, despite the president’s rhetoric, that he is running for Congress in California’s 52nd District on a Republican ticket.
“I’m American period. I was born and raised in this country,” Qudrat, whose parent were immigrants from Afghanistan, told AFP.
“We have a very diverse party. We just don’t talk about it and make it like the number one talking point about us,” he said. “I was endorsed by numerous sitting senior members of Congress and it had nothing to do with my ethnicity and religion.”
