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Over fifty years ago they lobbed similar attacks at John F. Kennedy. The Washington elites said Kennedy should not run because he was Catholic. After that they tried to label him as the Catholic candidate turning the contest into Protestants versus Catholics.
But a funny thing happened, people saw the man for who he is and what he was fighting for. He not only won the nomination in 1960, but he went on in his tenure cut short by tragedy to be perhaps the greatest US Presidents of the century.
I don't wish to be audacious in comparing myself to President Kennedy, but these days our campaign finds itself in a similar conundrum. I, too, was told not to run because of my religion.
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The Washington Post broke that story today and I want to say yes, it did happen.
On August 27th, I was told by Harry Reid: "Let me be blunt, you are not going to be able to win because you are a Muslim." I was also told by Harry Reid's chief advisor, Rebecca Lambe, "you are going to have a problem winning because you are a Muslim."
I do not think that is true. I do not think that is the world in 2016. I trust that we have made strides since 1960, that we have not descended along that dark path where a person's race or religion defines what they can do or where they can go.
A few weeks later, after this unfolded, I was offered an appointment for a position I never applied for or expressed interest in to muscle me out of the race and to DC. I respectfully declined the offer.
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Since then, I was hindered from hiring staff and regular Democratic donors have been told that they should not support our campaign.
Finally, the Party elites in Washington have shoveled endorsements on a handpicked candidate who zero political experience, the very excuse the establishment is given to media for not supporting me.
Despite it all, we are winning. We have the most popular Democratic campaign in this district and I am truly humbled by all of the good people who have lined up to support our effort.
We will win because people know, like they knew with John Kennedy, that a person is more than where they were born, who they pray to, or the color of their skin. Our content and our character are ultimately what defines us.
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