Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) is standing up for the woman who wants to take his job.
Deedra Abboud, who was born in Little Rock and is an attorney, independent-turned-Democrat, and Muslim, hopes to unseat Flake when he is up for re-election. On Tuesday morning, she posted on her campaign Facebook page an innocuous message about how the founding fathers "set out to forge their own futures, determine their own destinies, and follow their own faith." While she received some positive comments, there were several slur-filled messages that attacked her and her religion, with one person telling Abboud there is "no room for Muslims in our government" and another saying her "first love is Satan."
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