Muslim Americans have come so far since the dark early days of the Trump administration. But even as we celebrate, there stands a stark reminder that there are still GOP leaders who will target our community with hate to score political points.  We saw that play out this week when Vice President Kamala Harris welcomed Muslim Americans, including myself, on Tuesday to the Vice President’s Residence to celebrate the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha. This event—which was coordinated in association with the El-Hibri Foundation,  a philanthropic organization—marked the first time ever that a U.S. vice president has celebrated an Eid at their residence.

Yet just days before, there was 2024 GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump pledging during a rally in Iowa to implement an “even bigger” Muslim travel ban if he wins than he did when he was in the White House.  Trump as president originally banned people from nine Muslim-majority nations but after court challenges the final ban upheld by the GOP-controlled Supreme Court applied to five Muslim nations.) In typical Trump fashion, he reignited p anti-Muslim bigotry while pledging to implement a new travel ban. “We don’t want people blowing up our shopping centers. We don’t want people blowing up our cities.”

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