To Replace Santos, NY GOP Taps Ethiopian Orthodox Jewish IDF Veteran Mazi Pilip

✡️ ጆርጅ ሳንቶስን ለመተካት የኒውዮርክ ግዛት ሪፐብሊካውያን ኢትዮጵያዊቷን /እስራኤላዊቷን መዓዚ መለስ ፒሊፕን ለአሜሪካ የተወካዮች ምክርቤት አባልነት ትወዳደር ዘንድ መረጧት።

❖ ታቦተ ጽዮን እኛ በማንገነዘበው መልክ ሥራውን እየሠራ ነው። አሁን አይሑድ ኢትዮጵያዊቷ መዓዚ ለዚህ በመብቃቷ ጂሃዳውያኑ ሶማሌ እና ፍልስጤም አርበኞች እነ ኢልሃን ኦማር እና ራሽዳ ትላይብ እራሳቸውን ይሰቅላሉ!

የአሜሪካው ሪፐብሊካን ፓርቲ ከሀገሪቱ ኮንግረስ የተባረሩት ጆርጅ ሳንቶስን ለመተካት በሚካሔደው ምርጫ ቤተ–እስራኤላዊቷ ማዚ መለሳ ፒሊፕ እንዲወዳደሩ መረጠ። በኢትዮጵያ ተወልደው በአንድ ወቅት በእስራኤል ጦር ውስጥ ያገለገሉት ማዚ ከኒው ዮርክ ከተማ በስተምስራቅ የምትገኘው ናሳው ካውንቲ የምክር ቤት አባል ናቸው። ማዚ የአሜሪካን ኮንግረስ ለመቀላቀል በመጪው የካቲት ወር መጀመሪያ በሚካሔደው ምርጫ የዴሞክራቲክ ፓርቲ እጩ ሆነው የቀረቡትን ቶም ስዋዚ ማሸነፍ ይኖርባቸዋል።

የሰባት ልጆች እናት የሆኑት ማዚ መለሳ ምርጫውን ካሸነፉ በቅሌት ከኮንግረስ የተባረሩት ጆርጅ ሳንቶስን መቀመጫ ይረከባሉ። ከ፳/20 እጩዎች መካከል የሪፐብሊካን ፓርቲን ወክለው በምርጫው እንዲወዳደሩ የተመረጡት የ፵፬/44 ዓመቷ ማዚ ውስን የፖለቲካ ልምድ ያላቸው፤ የፖሊሲ አቋማቸውም በአብዛኛው የማይታወቅ እንደሆነ ኒው ዮርክ ታይምስ ጋዜጣ ዘግቧል።

ማዚ የሚወዳደሩበት እና በመጪው የካቲት የሚካሔደው ምርጫ ጆርጅ ሳንቶስ በተደራራቢ ቅሌቶች ከኮንግረስ ሲባረሩ የተፈጠረውን ክፍተት ለመሙላት የሚደረግ ነው።

✡️ Mazi Melesa Pilip is a “remarkable candidate,” said Matt Brooks, CEO of the Republican Jewish Coalition, in an endorsement.

The Republican candidate for Congress in a crucial Long Island special election introduced herself to voters Friday by describing her military service in Israel and with a Star of David on her necklace.

For Mazi Melesa Pilip, being Jewish is central to her identity.

New York Republicans selected Mazi Melesa Pilip, an Ethiopian-born, Orthodox Jew and Israel Defense Forces veteran, on Thursday to run for New York’s 3rd Congressional District.

A current Nassau County legislator, Pilip is running for the seat that Republican Rep. George Santos held before being expelled from the U.S. House of Representatives, on Dec. 1, following federal criminal indictments for fraud. It was also revealed that Santos had fabricated his backstory, including his supposed Jewish heritage.

Santos’s inventions stand in dramatic contrast with Pilip’s real-life biography. Born in Ethiopia, she emigrated to Israel as a refugee in 1991 as part of an Israeli operation to airlift Ethiopian Jews. She served in the IDF as a paratrooper before moving to the United States with her husband and becoming a U.S. citizen. A mother of seven, Pilip was first elected to the Nassau County legislature in 2021.

The New York 3rd district special election holds national significance, given how narrowly Republicans control the House. Following the expulsion of Santos, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) wields an eight-seat, fractious majority.

“Winning this battleground seat is critical to maintaining the GOP majority in the House of Representatives,” Matt Brooks, CEO of the Republican Jewish Coalition, said in a statement. He endorsed Pilip, whom he called “a remarkable candidate whose strength of character and firm principles are clear to anyone who looks at her life story and her work.”

NY-03 was one of several Republican pickups in New York in the 2022 midterms, though Pilip will face a difficult challenger in the Democratic nominee, Tom Souzzi, who previously held the seat and has been a figure in Long Island politics for decades.

The special election will be held on Feb. 13.

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