The racist outburst against Reem Townsend drew immediate condemnation from the DuPage Township Democrats, the Will County Progressives and the Council on American Islamic Relations.
DuPage Township Board member Reem Townsend stands outside her home in Bolingbrook on April 28, 2023
Many constituents were gathered to voice their feedback about the proposed location of a resource center and food pantry, and one constituent in particular, who she said was “pretty heated in the moment,” stopped to comment on Townsend eating.“He said something like, ‘You can just go back to eating your lunch,’ because I broke my fast during the meeting,” Townsend, 36, told the Tribune. “So, basically, he was mocking me for practicing my religion.
“That wasn’t just an attack on my religion,” she said. “It was also an attack on me as a Palestinian. He was also sitting with people that I ran against in the election that attacked me for being Palestinian.”
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