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GOP head tries to tie lieutenant governor candidate to terrorism. He says that’s ‘race baiting’ and
GOP head tries to tie lieutenant governor candidate to terrorism. He says that’s ‘race baiting’ and wrongThe head of Washington state’s Republican party demanded Friday that an Iranian-American candidate denounce statements allegedly made by the president of an Iranian-American nonprofit, as well as return $8,000 from donors tied to the group.
Cyrus Habib, a Democratic state senator running for lieutenant governor, called the demands from GOP leader Susan Hutchison “race baiting.” He accused her of trying to make the election about his background while unfairly trying to tie him to overseas terrorism.
“This is not the first time that this type of language and insinuation has been used or that my being of Middle Eastern heritage has been raised,” Habib said, referring to recent comments made by attendees at a gun-rights rally questioning his citizenship.
On Friday, Hutchison criticized Habib for receiving a combined $9,000 in donations from a board member of the American Iranian Council, Pirooz Parvarandeh, and his wife, Violet. Hutchison called the council an “extremist group.”
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