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Sarsour: ‘I would be proud to elect America’s first Jewish president’

U.S. political activist Linda Sarsour says Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders would usher in a “transformative foreign policy” that “sees Palestinians as human beings.”

Linda Sarsour Credit: Festival of Faiths via Wikimedia Commons.
Linda Sarsour Credit: Festival of Faiths via Wikimedia Commons.

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Saturday tweeted an excerpt from a speech by American political activist Linda Sarsour in which Sarsour expressed her hope Sanders would be the first Jewish president.

Sarsour, who made the remarks at a recent presidential campaign rally for the Vermont senator, also said that Sanders would lead “a transformative foreign policy—one that is centered on peace and diplomacy. A foreign policy that sees Palestinians as human beings deserving of human rights and self-determination.”

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