Fake Muslim Activist Scored Invite to Obama White House and Rubbed Shoulders With ‘Squad’ Members

Raquel Evita, aka Rachel Elizabeth Seidel, deleted her Flickr album containing photos with prominent Democrats

A consultant in white diversity who, for years, has claimed to be a “vegan, Muslim, queer feminist” She used her fake identity to get along with prominent Democrats, including former Barack Obama.

Raquel Evita Saraswati was under fire after last week’s Intercept reported She was Rachel Elizabeth Seidel’s daughter and, according to her mother was born in this country. “white as the driven snow.” Between Tuesday afternoon, Wednesday morning, the transracial greifter removed a Flickr album With photos of her meeting Democratic Reps. Ilhan Olmar (Minn.), Rashida Talib (Mich.), as well as attending a White House event. The album also featured screenshots from a invite Seidel received at an Eid al-Fitr celebration at the Obama White House on July 21, 2016.

Seidel became an activist in Philadelphia with the help of makeup and a headcarf. Philadelphia magazine named her “Liaison for the Marginalized” For her work as an artist “vegan, Muslim, queer feminist,” She Served As a Commissioner on the Commission on LGBT Affairs of Philadelphia Democratic Mayor Jim Kenney, 2017-2021. Seidel has been recognized for her actions. Comparations Rachel Dolezal, a former NAACP Chapter President and white woman, admitted to impersonating black women in 2015.

The Flickr album contains an undated selfie Seidel captured with Tlaib. There is also a photo that shows Omar and three other unidentified persons. Photos of Seidel, who was photographed at a United Nations event and posing with Ban Ki-moon, former secretary-general, were also included in the Flickr album. Disgraced former MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry.

Seidel was a human resources professional at American Friends Service Committee. Since 2021, Seidel has served as chief equity and inclusion officer. Telled The Intercept After reading an article, he felt deceived. open letter Other employees of the organization wrote a Feb. 10 letter accusing her, among other things, of lying about her race heritage since 2004.

“In my mind it was, ‘Great, a person of color, a queer person of color, who happens to be a Muslim, it’s a woman,’ all these things, and someone who seemed to get it,” Oskar Pierre Castro, American Friends Service Committee human resource professional, said: “I definitely feel conned. … I feel deceived.”

Carol Perone, Seidel’s mother confirmed that her daughter was living in a lie.