Georgia’s Ruwa Romman Set To Be The First Muslim Women Elected To State Legislature: Exclusive

Ruwa Romman may beryllium somewhat caller to politics, but she understands Georgia voters’ frustrations each excessively well. The nationalist argumentation adept and organizer, 29, has spent years reasoning astir the Peach State’s problems, and present she’s hoping to instrumentality her expertise to the authorities superior arsenic a subordinate of the Georgia House Of Representatives.

State legislatures are much influential present than ever, often proving to beryllium a investigating crushed for the Republican party’s new, far-right policies. Nowhere is that much evident than successful Georgia, wherever congressmen person approved draconian voting restrictions and near-total bans connected abortion.

Ruwa Romman is moving for Georgia State House. (Ruwa For Georgia)

“Think astir each those laws that made you really, truly angry,” Ruwa said to HollywoodLife successful an EXCLUSIVE interrogation up of the Nov. 2022 midterm elections. “All of that started successful a authorities legislature somewhere.”

Ready to tackle the issues directly, Ruwa is present moving to beryllium the typical of Georgia’s 97th House District, which is located successful occidental Gwinnett County, northeast of Atlanta. If elected, the Democratic newcomer volition beryllium the archetypal Muslim pistillate elected to the Georgia House of Representatives. (Gwinnett went for President Biden by 18 points successful 2020, according to Politico, making Ruwa’s triumph much than likely.)

Like astir of the country, Gwinnett is dealing with a scope of problems. “Anything and everything you’ve heard of, we’ve seen it successful our district,” Ruwa told HL, calling her assemblage a “perfect” reflection of the nation’s diversity.

“[We’re] a cleanable microcosm of what we’re seeing astir the country,” she explained. “It’s racially diverse, socio-economically diverse. We volition sound connected doors astatine homes with values successful the 7 figures, and past connected apartments wherever the stairs are virtually falling apart. But they look a batch of the aforesaid issues.”

Ruwa successful action. She has a robust program for her community. (Ruwa For Georgia)

Detail-driven and kind, with an encyclopedic cognition of Georgia nationalist policy, the self-professed Taylor Swift die-hard poured implicit run details with HL, talking everything from acquisition boards, to spot taxes, to legalizing cannabis. The Georgetown grad besides explained however her religion factored into her stance connected abortion.

Like Judaism, Islam does not judge that beingness begins astatine conception. Prioritizing the wellness and well-being of the woman, Ruwa compared pro-life beliefs to “cutting down the histrion to prevention a branch.”

She remembers being wounded erstwhile chap Democrats began comparing the U.S. to an “American caliphate” aft the leak of the Dobbs v. Jackson determination successful May 2022. She told HL, “I couldn’t judge I was dealing with each of that Islamophobia portion simultaneously having to combat arsenic a pistillate for my reproductive rights.”

But of course, the bigotry comes from some sides, particularly arsenic she faces disconnected with a existent MAGA Republican up of Nov. 8, 2022. Her hostile John Chan is a businessman who boasts zero governmental acquisition and has been two-faced astir his governmental affiliations, calling himself a “moderate” successful nationalist portion selling shirts that accidental “MAGA America archetypal Republican” done his website.” Ruwa was clear: “He’s conscionable excessively utmost for my district, period.”

Ruwa comes with a stellar resume and an awesome roster of endorsements, including enactment from Her Bold Move, Run For Something, Human Rights Campaign, Emily’s List, Stacey Abrams’ Fair Fight, and the Progressive Turnout Project.

For much accusation astir Ruwa Romman and her contention for Georgia’s 97th House District, you tin sojourn her website, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok. You tin find accusation astir elector registration astatine Vote.gov. And don’t hide to sojourn your polling spot oregon nonstop successful your ballot by Nov. 8, 2022.