- She became the nation’s first Somali American lawmaker. A month later, she was harassed in a D.C. cab for being Muslim. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/12/08/she-became-the-nations-first-somali-american-lawmaker-a-month-later-she-was-harassed-in-a-d-c-cab-for-being-muslim/?utm_term=.76194968cda1 88 comments politics