US elections: Republicans are betting on Islamophobia to win the midterms

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With little to offer on living costs, Trump and his allies are turning anti-Muslim hatred into policy and punishing a community gaining political ground On 12 October, federal agents raided the home of Ilhan Omar, the first Black Muslim woman elected to the US Congress. Just over three weeks before the midterm elections, years of presidential vitriol aimed at a sitting member of Congress have become an act of state power and a message to President Donald Trump's political opponents. Midterms are