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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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J Oliver Conroy

‘Hell yeah’: the New Yorkers in AOC’s district excited about Trump

pro-Trump stickers adorn a car
Pro-Trump stickers on a car in Queens in 2022. The borough saw a rightward shift in the 2024 election. Photograph: Lindsey Nicholson/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

Yassine Elmoujahid’s mouth gapes; his hand, gripping a pair of scissors, is frozen over a client’s head. I just asked Elmoujahid, a Moroccan American man who runs a barbershop on a predominantly Muslim block of Astoria, Queens, if he voted for Donald Trump. He seems surprised, almost offended, as though the answer should be obvious.

He almost shouts: “Hell yeah!”

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