
The party that spent five years calling MAGA grandmas "domestic terrorists" just nominated a man who testified on behalf of the Blind Sheikh and volunteered with an al-Qaeda front group to represent New Jersey's 12th Congressional District. You genuinely cannot make this up.
Remember when wearing a red hat was a "threat to democracy"? Apparently, actual ties to Islamic terrorism are fine as long as you've got the right letter after your name.
Adam Hamawy, a Democrat, won the crowded primary on Tuesday with roughly 27.4% of the vote — about 18,545 votes with 85% counted — to replace retiring Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman in what's considered a safe blue district. His Republican opponent in November will be Gregg Mele, and given the district's leanings, Hamawy is expected to waltz into Congress. Let that sink in.
So who is Adam Hamawy? Born in Egypt, he moved to the U.S. as a child and eventually became an Army combat surgeon. That part sounds great. Here's where it gets interesting. In 1995, Hamawy testified as a defense witness at the terrorism trial of Omar Abdel-Rahman — the "Blind Sheikh" — the Egyptian cleric convicted of conspiracy in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. The Blaze reported on the full scope of their connection, and it goes beyond a courtroom appearance.
Hamawy and the Blind Sheikh took a road trip together to Detroit in 1991. Hamawy served as the sheikh's translator at a press conference where Abdel-Rahman denied any role in the '93 World Trade Center bombing. Then came the defense testimony in 1995. That's not a passing acquaintance. That's a relationship.
But wait — there's more. According to Jewish Insider, a 1996 interview with the Newark Star-Ledger revealed that Hamawy volunteered in Bosnia during the summer of 1994 with the Benevolence International Foundation, a Chicago-based nonprofit. He spent 10 days in Sarajevo and the rest in Zenica. Sounds charitable, right? The Benevolence International Foundation was later designated a financier of terrorism by the U.S. Treasury Department in 2002. The 9/11 Commission Report described the foundation as part of an "impressive array of offices" that "covertly provided financial and other support for terrorist activities." It was exposed as a front for al-Qaeda.
Hamawy says he was never charged with or accused of terrorism-related wrongdoing. Fair enough. But we're not talking about criminal charges — we're talking about judgment, associations, and the kind of vetting that apparently doesn't exist in the Democratic Party anymore.
This is the same party that endorsed him with backing from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, streamer Hasan Piker, and an anti-AIPAC super PAC. The endorsement list tells you everything. AOC looked at a guy who palled around with the Blind Sheikh and said, "That's my candidate."
Newsbusters noted the broadcast networks have been completely silent on the story. Not a peep. Imagine — just imagine — if a Republican primary winner had testified on behalf of a convicted terrorist, road-tripped with him, and volunteered for an al-Qaeda-linked charity. It would be the only story on every network for a month.
But it's a Democrat in a safe blue seat, so the media shrugs. The same media that hyperventilated about "insurrection" for four straight years can't find five minutes to cover a congressional nominee with ties to actual terrorism.
We were told we were the dangerous ones. The data suggests the Democrats should look in the mirror.


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