(Middle East Eye) Rashida Tlaib has an outline of Senator Bernie Sanders’ hair and glasses attached to her maroon blazer. She points to it with joy and pride — “Do you like my pin?”
As the congresswoman waits to give a speech to worshippers at a mosque in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn Heights, her aides scramble to squeeze her remarks in between the imam’s sermon and Friday prayers.
She has a long day of campaigning ahead. After Vice President Joe Biden made big gains in the Democratic presidential primary race, Michigan has become a do-or-die battleground for Sanders’ campaign.
And Tlaib — one of America’s first two Muslim congresswomen — hopes the Michigan Arab and Muslim communities will play a determining role in a Sanders victory on Tuesday.
