Fateh was born in Washington, D.C., and is the son of immigrants from Somalia. He graduated from Falls Church High School and earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from George Mason University.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Fateh

  • FundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    2161·
    2 months ago

    He looks like an absolute badass

    They really chose the worst photo to make him look bad.

    Fateh’s higher education bill included tuition-free public colleges and universities and tribal colleges for students from families whose income is less than $80,000 a year.[18] It also included an increase to Hunger Free Campus grants,[19]emergency assistance grants.[20]

    Fateh was the chief Senate author of a bill to provide minimum wages and worker protections for drivers for rideshare companies such as Uberand Lyft.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Fateh

    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      791·
      2 months ago

      Damn, he’s a good lookin dude in your picture, he looks insane in OP’s post!

      • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
        47·
        2 months ago

        OP’s post image is probably a still image from a video of him ripping someone a new one in committee.

      • Zirconium@lemmy.world
        281·
        2 months ago

        35 years old. I’m glad we’re having such young people hit the spotlight in politics (I say this as a young person myself)

        • Zink@programming.dev
          2·
          2 months ago

          As somebody in between being a young and an old, holy shit yes!

          We in the exclusive Oregon Trail Generation (born late 70s into early 80s, tail end of gen x into the oldest millennials) get to watch how much harder it has gotten for young people, driven by ancient politicians who had things the easiest of any generation throughout their lives, economically speaking.

    • buttnugget@lemmy.world
      4·
      2 months ago

      I feel like such a weirdo because I don’t see it. I think he looks totally fine in OP’s pic! Normal looking bloke to me lol

    • stoy@lemmy.zip
      423·
      2 months ago

      I was going to say that, in their photo he looks like a thug or gang member, in your’s he looks fantastic

      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
        27·
        2 months ago

        he looks like a thug or gang member,

        My man looks like a nerd at his first high school debate. Where do you get gang member of a skinny guy in a suit?

        • stoy@lemmy.zip
          42·
          2 months ago

          I didn’t even notice the suit in the first photo until I saw your comment, I just saw his face and thought of the “I’m the captain now” meme.

          • ddh@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
            4·
            2 months ago

            You mean like, “I’m the captain of the lacrosse team at Falls Church High School”, right?

      • Xenny@lemmy.world
        272·
        2 months ago

        Please step back and analyze your biases to figure out why his image fits those stereotypes in your mind.

        • stoy@lemmy.zip
          29·
          2 months ago

          Please step back and analyze your need to call out people based on incomplete information to figure out why you couldn’t just ask for more info like the other comments in the thread.

          This is my reason why I thought the first photo made him look like a thug.

          When I first saw the photo I thought he looked very similar to the “I am the captain now” guy. That was my initial reaction, now obviously the more you study the images the more differences you find, so after a while you realize they a quite different.

        • skisnow@lemmy.caEnglish
          6·
          2 months ago

          fr, the original photo he’s wearing a suit and tie and sitting at a desk. There’s nothing there making him look like a “thug or gang member” beyond his race.