{"id":2493758,"date":"2025-10-02T11:08:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T15:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgias-new-gov-candidate-says-im-as-georgia-as-we-come-while-wearing-a-hijab\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T11:09:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T15:09:50","slug":"georgias-new-gov-candidate-says-im-as-georgia-as-we-come-while-wearing-a-hijab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgias-new-gov-candidate-says-im-as-georgia-as-we-come-while-wearing-a-hijab\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia&#8217;s New Gov Candidate Says, &#8216;I&#8217;m as Georgia as We Come,&#8217; While Wearing a Hijab"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgeorgias-new-gov-candidate-says-im-as-georgia-as-we-come-while-wearing-a-hijab%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2493758&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article critiques Democratic <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >gubernatorial candidate<\/a> Ruwa Romman&#8217;s recent campaign advertisement in Georgia, describing it as clich\u00e9d and unconvincing. Romman promises too address issues such as hunger, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-rep-ro-khanna-we-dont-want-low-wage-small-businesses-that-pay-less-than-15-minimum-wage\/\" title=\"Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna: \u2018We Don\u2019t Want Low-Wage\u2019 Small Businesses That Pay Less Than  Minimum Wage\">low wages<\/a>, hospital closures, and support for small businesses. Though, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sources-say-u-s-intelligence-agencies-tasked-foreign-partners-with-spying-on-trumps-2016-campaign\/\" title=\"US Intelligence Agencies Asked Foreign Partners to Spy on Trump&#039;s 2016 ..., Sources Say\">article challenges<\/a> her claim that she is &#8220;as Georgia as we come,&#8221; pointing out that she is originally from Jordan and only lived there until age seven. It highlights that Romman is a Muslim wearing a hijab, a religious minority in Georgia, where the majority identify as Protestant Christians. The article suggests that her background and views do not align with the state&#8217;s historical and demographic identity,implying she lacks authentic Georgian roots. It also notes that multiple other Democrats are running, making her campaign unlikely to succeed.the piece portrays Romman as an outsider whose platform and persona do not resonate with mainstream Georgia voters.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A new gubernatorial candidate has entered the fold in Georgia with an incredibly cringeworthy advertisement to let voters know who she is.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic candidate Ruma Romman posted her campaign ad to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X on Monday where she spouted all the usual leftist drivel about people being put last while big, bad corporations hold down them down. She promised to feed the hungry, increase the minimum wage, open hospitals, and help small businesses. &ldquo;Georgia belongs to all of us, not just corporations and special interests,&rdquo; Romman declared in front of a group of paid actors.<\/p>\n<p>The ad is very boilerplate, but one remark stuck out not for being odd, but objectively false. Romman told her audience, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m as Georgia as we come.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>No, Romman is definitely&nbsp;<em>not &ldquo;<\/em>as Georgia as we come.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Now is the time to be brave. Republicans in Georgia have controlled our state for over 20 years leading to underfunded schools, closing hospitals, &amp; low wages stuck at $5.15.<\/p>\n<p>I&rsquo;m running for Governor to change that. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E37ZDQgCb6\">pic.twitter.com\/E37ZDQgCb6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ruwa Romman (@ruwaromman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ruwaromman\/status\/1972617968551854468?\">September 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>She is not from Georgia. According to her <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ruwa_Romman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia page,<\/a> she is from Jordan. She lived there until she was seven.<\/p>\n<p>That comment sounds even more absurd given that Romman &mdash; a Muslim &mdash; is wearing a hijab while saying it.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/religious-landscape-study\/state\/georgia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pew Research<\/a>, most adults in Georgia identify as Evangelical Protestant, mainline Protestant, or historically black Protestant at 33 percent, 10 percent, and 14 percent respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Just 1 percent of Georgia&rsquo;s adults are Muslim. Again, she is <em>not &ldquo;<\/em>as Georgia as we come.&rdquo; Nothing about being a Muslim from Jordan says &ldquo;Georgia&rdquo; to voters.<\/p>\n<p>Religiously unaffiliated adults who say their beliefs are &ldquo;nothing in particular&rdquo; came in at 20 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Atheists and agnostics stand at 3 percent each. Romman would have been better off showing no religious affiliation.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/classroom-materials\/united-states-history-primary-source-timeline\/colonial-settlement-1600-1763\/georgia-colony-1732-1750\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">colony&rsquo;s founding<\/a> saw trustees ban rum and slavery to encourage the settlement of &ldquo;English and Christian&rdquo; colonists.<\/p>\n<p>Granted that initial vision did not work out as many restrictions &mdash; notably the colony&rsquo;s cap on land ownership &mdash; would be lifted, but its founding for a Christian people should not be overlooked if Romman wants to convince audiences that a Muslim woman is the spitting image of a Georgian.<\/p>\n<p>The past and the present say otherwise.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Georgia_gubernatorial_election,_2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ballotpedia<\/a> lists six other Democrats in this race, so it&rsquo;s unlikely Romman is going to get anywhere considering how tremendously bad her campaign has started, but her nonsense is still worth calling out.<\/p>\n<p>This is not Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>This is a Middle Eastern transplant whose views are antithetical to this country&rsquo;s.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Democratic contender Ruma Romman shared her advertisement on social media platform X this Monday, where she repeated familiar progressive talking points about ordinary people being neglected while large corporations dominate. She pledged to address hunger, raise the minimum wage, reopen hospitals, and support small businesses. Romman stated, &#8220;Georgia belongs to all of us, not just corporations and special interests,&#8221; speaking before a group of paid actors. While the ad follows a typical script, one statement stood out-not because it was unusual but because it was clearly untrue: Romman claimed, &#8220;I&#8217;m as Georgia as we come.&#8221; However, Romman is not truly representative of Georgia. According to her Wikipedia page, she was born in Jordan and lived there until age seven. This claim seems even more questionable given that Romman-a Muslim woman wearing a hijab-makes it in front of an audience where Evangelical Protestants make up the largest religious group in Georgia by far; Muslims constitute only about 1% of adults statewide. Her background and beliefs do not align with what most Georgians identify with culturally or religiously. Historically, Georgia&#8217;s founding aimed at settling English Christian colonists-a fact that remains relevant when considering how voters might perceive her identity today. With six other Democrats running for governor according to Ballotpedia and given how poorly her campaign has started, Romman&#8217;s chances appear slim; nevertheless, calling out these inconsistencies remains important. This is not truly Georgia-it&#8217;s someone from the Middle East whose views clash with much of the state&#8217;s culture and values<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2493759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ruwa-Romman.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[51272,4977,54378,64460],"class_list":["post-2493758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-diversity-2","tag-georgia","tag-hijab","tag-political-candidate"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ruwa-Romman.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2493758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2493758"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2493758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2493762,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2493758\/revisions\/2493762"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2493759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2493758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2493758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2493758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}