Democrats will see this and assume Kat Abughazaleh is correct:
Yeah, not buying it!
But Democrats will vote for her anyways. Partially because outlets like NBC News are vouching for Kat.
Let's take a quick look:
The indictment, which was filed Oct. 23, alleges that Abughazaleh 'physically hindered and impeded' an agent who was 'forced to drive at an extremely slow rate of speed to avoid injuring any of the conspirators.' Abughazaleh was charged alongside five other people, including two other political candidates.
She faces one count of conspiracy along with one charge alleging that she 'forcibly impeded, intimidated, and interfered' with an officer.
But of course NBC News has to throw in some anti-ICE narrative courtesy of Kat herself:
In a fundraising email to supporters, Abughazaleh called the charges 'yet another attempt by the Trump administration to criminalize protest and punish those who dare to speak up.'
She added that 'Chicago doesn't back down from bullies in masks who teargas our neighborhoods, this administration is resorting to weaponizing the federal legal system to scare us into silence.'
Broadview, a Chicago suburb, has for months stood at the center of confrontations between immigration authorities and protesters. The facility has drawn activists from around the country as well as demonstrators from the greater Chicago area who have grown agitated over what they view as overreach by immigration officials.
Oh look, MSNBC had her on too:
Kat, "a social media star and former journalist," is running to fill a soon-to-be-empty seat in Illinois' 9th Congressional District. Democratic Rep. Jan Schakowsky is set to retire at the end of her term.
We know who Illinois' 9th Congressional District is voting for.
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