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More than 100 Arizona Palestinian, Arab, Muslim, and progressive Democrats and community leaders have signed a letter making the case for those reluctant to support Kamala Harris against Donald Trump.

“We know that many in our communities are resistant to vote for Kamala Harris because of the Biden administration’s complicity in the genocide,” the letter, published Thursday night, reads.

“Some of us have lost many family members in Gaza and Lebanon. We respect those who feel they simply can’t vote for a member of the administration that sent the bombs that may have killed their loved ones,” the letter continued. “As we consider the full situation carefully, however, we conclude that voting for Kamala Harris is the best option for the Palestinian cause and all of our communities.”

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[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 13 points 11 hours ago

She's had a lot of opportunities to turn things around with the Arab community, and

You DO realize that she can't campaign on that, right?

I know it's a little subtle for an American political scene that no longer uses such terms as waffler and carpet-bagger, but these used to be campaign-wrecking slurs.

She'd be labeled a waffler in seconds. And not only would we like her to change her position, but so would the gqp for the political damage. She can't change until she's achieved a 4-year contract.

[-] pjwestin@lemmy.world 17 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

No one is saying she has to do a 180 on Gaza, but she could have let a Palestinian speak at the DNC, or met with the Uncommitted leadership last month. It would take very little effort to make herself look more appealing to Arab Americans than Biden and Trump, but she just didn't do it.

[-] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 8 points 9 hours ago

It's the lawyer effect, they overanalyze everything and make "safe" bets. Trump is going out there and waving his bare ass around while the Dems sit above wringing their hands about what each micro group might think. They're too worried about stroking "group leaders" egos than actually addressing real people's needs.

[-] pyrflie@lemm.ee 4 points 8 hours ago

In that case she sided with a foreign power over Americans and that's a worse look politically.

[-] pjwestin@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

Yeah, that seems right. I also wonder if they're chasing the wrong numbers. There was a WSJ article last month that said swing state voters were more confident in Trump's handling of Gaza than Harris'. It didn't necessarily mean that they would vote for Trump, and honestly, a lot of the impression that Trump is, "stronger," on military issues is probably just misogyny, but I could see an overreacting campaign look at and say, "we can't soften our position on Gaza at all, we need to close that gap!"

[-] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

It's simple math: Jewish voting block > Muslim voting block

[-] HomerianSymphony@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

I don’t think that’s it. Jews tend to live in New York or California, which she has no chance of losing.

[-] pyrflie@lemm.ee -3 points 8 hours ago

You do realize her campaign has pretty much shuttered Muslims out right. They were expelled from every campaign stop and the national convention. It's pretty hard to think of a way she could have expressed they were not welcome beyond what she's done short of lethal violence.

[-] cybersandwich@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago
[-] pyrflie@lemm.ee -4 points 8 hours ago

New York, LA Times, and Chicago Tribune. Do your own homework on the dates you lazy SOB. It's fucking public record.

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