hey @SikhFeminist, i am a little confused. what about this turbaned Sikh mayor? i'm not sure if he's the first but it's a huge win!https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/charlottesville-had-turbaned-sikh-mayor-till-recently/articleshow/60093397.cms …
The night of magic continues. Ravi Bhalla - a brilliant and progressive candidate - just became the first Sikh to be elected mayor of a major US city.
Congratulations, @RaviBhalla!!!pic.twitter.com/1TxRxiCjKB
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So we were debating over this. From the articles it seems Satyendra Huja was appointed by the city council, not directly elected by voters. But was elected to be on the city council. Regardless this is all historic!
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Addendum to original post. First *turban-wearing Sikh mayor directly elected by voters. (As opposed to appointed or non turban-wearing Sikh).pic.twitter.com/nTsjLZ27or
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Which city? And congrats, start the bangra music y'all!
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The birthplace of Frank Sinatra.
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Passaic?
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I thought it was Hoboken? I could be wrong. I was wrong all the time according to my ex-wife lol
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Hahaha ROFL.
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Glad to see you appreciate some marriage humor lol
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If he's a good mayor it won't really matter what idiots say.
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Of course not. Just prepping folks since we had this in Canada recently with our Sikh politician who won.
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Yup. Jagmeet Singh won NDP leadership race decisively... but that libertarian asshole Tory will play race card for sure.
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Living in "silicon valley" we have lots of Sikhs everywhere and so it seems weird that it's taken *this long* for the mayoral glass ceiling to break. This is a record that should have fallen long ago.
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We were so spoiled
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Sikh are good people.
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Wow!
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