An ardent campaigner for the rights of Muslim women, Ms Hirsi Ali started her political career as a Dutch social-democrat, and then moved to the free-market and right-wing liberal party, the VVD.

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Still, Accountability Now PAC is influenced by the liberal wing of the Democratic Party.

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They're not going to be able to just do whatever their liberal wing might want them to.

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