First Afghan Congresswoman Urges Relationship with Taliban

“We should be exercising diplomacy and having a relationship”

In the vicious cycle of politics, bad politicians get replaced by worse politicians and worse politicians get replaced by unimaginably horrible politicians. And so Rep. Eric Swalwell is set to be replaced in a special election by Aisha Wahab, a leftist Afghan Muslim who was run through a special election so that she would be able to sneak through without significant voter turnout.

Now after defeating a Latino candidate, after Aisha’s father reportedly urged deporting her, Aisha Wahab is showing her true colors by calling for a relationship with the Taliban.

Aisha Wahab conducted an interview with Democracy Now headlined, “In Defeat for AIPAC, Aisha Wahab Wins House Seat, Becoming First Afghan American in Congress.”

After bashing Hindus and Jews, Democracy Now and Wahab waste no time in showing if AIPAC lost, who won.

ANJALI KAMAT: Aisha Wahab, you’re the first Muslim and first Afghan American woman in the state Senate, and you’d be the first Afghan American in Congress. We’re now, you know, coming up on 25 years since the invasion of Afghanistan and five years since the Taliban took power. Your thoughts on, you know, the significance of your trajectory and what is happening in Afghanistan?

REP.-ELECT AISHA WAHAB: Yeah, you know, I’m an American through and through, born in New York, raised by Uncle Sam in the foster care system. And as an Afghan American, someone who is proud of my culture and heritage, it’s disappointing to see what is happening in Afghanistan, where they are blocking women and children from going to school, really living their lives. I think that that’s going to be a disaster to come for Afghanistan, let alone the fact that the United States needs to practice diplomacy. And regardless of which group is in power, we should be exercising diplomacy and having a relationship, hopefully even kind of steering them in the right direction when it comes to human rights, women’s rights and just civil rights across the board.

AIPAC lost and the Taliban won.

Somehow being “American through and through” turns into being a proud Afghan and urging that we have a relationship with the Taliban.

You know, maybe Aisha Wahab is wasted in Congress. Ideally, let’s send her back home to steer the Taliban in the right direction instead of trying to steer us in the Taliban direction.

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