A former Army combat surgeon and 9/11 first responder with a history of befriending convicted Islamist terrorists emerged victorious in Tuesday night’s Democratic primary for New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District.
Adam Hamawy — having received endorsements from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) — beat out 12 other Democratic contenders in the contest to replace retiring Democratic Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman.
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Hamawy led the race in fundraising by a significant margin, with the pro-Palestinian super PAC American Priorities spending an additional $2 million on his behalf.
‘[Hamawy’s] testimony … did more to bolster the prosecution’s proof of a jihadist terrorism conspiracy against the United States than to help the accused.’
Notably, Hamawy, 56,
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