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๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐
โ๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ตโ๐ด ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎโ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ถ๐บ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ.โ
That is Trump, describing New Jerseyโs new Democratic congressional nominee Adam Hamawy. Here is what is in the record.
In 1993, Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman โ the โBlind Sheikhโ โ was tried in federal court for the first World Trade Center bombing and a plot to bomb New York landmarks. Hamawy appeared as a witness ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ. Prosecutors put his beliefs on the record:
๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ: โ๐๐ช๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ?โ
๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ธ๐บ: โ๐ ๐ฆ๐ด.โ
๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ: โ๐๐ช๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ซ๐ช๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฆ 1993?โ
๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ธ๐บ: โ๐๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต. ๐๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ซ๐ช๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ.โ
That is not guilt by association. That is Adam Hamawy, under oath, in federal court, ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ and that he heard it repeatedly. Abdel-Rahman was convicted and dโed in federal prison in 2017.
Hamawy also volunteered in Bosnia in 1994 with the Benevolence International Foundation โ later formally designated by both the U.S. government and the United Nations as a ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฅ-๐๐๐๐๐. He has never been charged with a crime.
Hamawy has been endorsed by Ilhan Omar, Bernie Sanders, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, when asked directly whether Hamawy should drop out, changed the subject.
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐๐: ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ก๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ.