Hey everyone, I'm Amid al-Yukber, and this is See Something, Say Something.

Election 2017 just wrapped for a lot of folks, so let's talk about all the Muslims who are running, and why.

If you see something, you better, you better say something. So there's a history of

You better, you better say something

Nothing at all, nothing at all of Muslims running for office in the United States. But right now it feels like a moment where

young Muslims, particularly children of immigrants, are feeling energized to enter public service

and public office. And partially it may be because the Democrats have increasingly been using

Muslims in their public platforms. Think about that speech that Khizr Khan gave at the Democratic National Convention last year.

Let me ask you, have you even read the United States Constitution?

So Donald Trump's anti-Muslim rhetoric at a national level have had reverberations all the way down to the local

level on campaigns that have little to nothing to do with immigration or terrorism.

For instance, take the case of the set of pamphlets that were distributed around Hoboken, New Jersey,

accusing a candidate for mayor of letting terrorism take over the town.

That candidate's name was Ravinder Bhala.

And if you know, recognized from his name, Ravender is not a Muslim, actually.

He's a sick and wears a turban.

So it's really playing into the worst fears of the electorate.

By the way, Ravender actually actually did win his election and is going to be the mayor of Hoboken next year. So two reporters at BuzzFeed News, the Lalansari and Hana alam,

have put together a piece where they look at this new crop of candidates that are contesting

elections this year next. So I brought Thalal

onto the show to talk to us about that. And I also called up two of the people that he profiled,

Abdul al-Said, running for the governor of Michigan in 2018, and Zana Beloach, who ran for city

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