Muslim Hoping to Unseat Longtime Dem Congressman for Supporting Israel Says Pro-LGBT Messages Alienate Muslims

Dem Party Lashes Out at Muslim Candidate for Not Embracing LGBTQ Community

Melissa Chaudhry, a Muslim Democrat running for Congress in Olympia, Washington, has reportedly threatened to switch parties if elected after fellow Democrats and LGBTQ activists pitted her Muslim beliefs against supporting LGBTQ rights. Andrew Ashiofu, chair of the Stonewall Democrats, the official LGBT caucus in the Washington State Democratic Party, recently told Jewish News Syndicate,...

‘She’s lying’: Dems lash out at Muslim candidate over LGBTQ ideology * WorldNetDaily * by Pedro Rodriguez, The Daily Signal

She then adds 'dignity' language to her website

Woke Dem candidate to scared of offending Muslim voters to publicly support gay rights

Chaudhry, who took her Muslim Army veteran husband's last name and wears an Islamic headscarf, or hijab, was asked why she had nothing on her campaign website about LGBTQ+ rights, despite insisting she supported their cause.

Muslim hoping to unseat longtime Dem congressman for supporting Israel says pro-LGBT messages alienate Muslims

Melissa Chaudhry, a Muslim who wears a headscarf, has said that she is running as a Democrat against Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), who has been in office for almost 30 years, in part because he is too pro-Israel.“Your congressman takes money from AIPAC, Boeing and Raytheon, then calls you a totalitarian for protesting,” she stated. “His biggest funders are the Israel lobby and the defense industry.”But Chaudhry, who has said that she supports gay r…

Dem congressional candidate admits she hid pro-LGBTQ views to appeal to Muslim voters in Washington state

"Because a lot of Muslims do not feel that way, unfortunately."

The Washington Stonewall Democrats Want Organizations to “Revisit” Their Endorsements for Congressional Candidate Melissa Chaudhry

“I don’t want you to publish this,” Melissa Chaudhry, a candidate for US Congressional District 9, said during an explicitly on-the-record interview in The Stranger’s conference room, “but if elected, my personal plan and commitment is to be the first Green Party member of Congress that would switch parties while I’m in office.” “This is on the record, by the way,” an SECB member said. “This whole meeting, this whole process is on the record so …