(Religion News) Before she was elected to Georgia’s House of Representatives two years ago, Ruwa Romman, the first Palestinian American to hold any office in Georgia, campaigned for Joe Biden in 2020 in Atlanta’s northeast suburbs, which she now represents.
Today, Romman, who is also the first Muslim woman to win a seat in Georgia’s statehouse, said her neighbors with family in Gaza are scared, scrambling to get their loved ones out of the territory and feeling betrayed by Biden’s embrace of Israel in the war against Hamas.
“This isn’t like a group of people that didn’t get a policy they wanted or throwing a temper tantrum. This is a situation where people feel like, ‘Hey, you are directly contributing to my loss, my very personal loss,’” said Romman.
