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Arab American precincts in Wayne County rejected Kamala Harris (www.freep.com)

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In Wayne County, Arab American precincts rejected Kamala Harris, with Biden receiving 82% of the vote in 2020 and Harris only 23% in 2024.

Trump’s outreach to Arab American and Muslim communities, including visits to Dearborn and Hamtramck, contributed to his increased support.

Harris’s performance in Dearborn, where she received only 13% of the vote in the south end, reflects the backlash against Biden’s handling of foreign policy in the Middle East.

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[-] adarza@lemmy.ca 59 points 2 weeks ago

they only care about themselves, and their misguided belief that they are 'doing the right thing' and 'paying back' biden.

if they cared at all about gaza, about the west bank, about palestine and its people, they would have come out in force, and in support of democrats from coast to coast. anything to prevent another trump presidency.

trump was never on their side and will let israel do whatever they want.

just like he'll let russia do whatever they want and ukraine will cease to exist. protest votes, like those in michigan, helped doom ukraine, too.

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago

Agreed on all but one point:

Ukraine won’t cease to exist. They’ll just fulfill their threat to execute a crash nuclear weapons development program, if that truly becomes their only option.

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[-] Zexks@lemmy.world 31 points 2 weeks ago

Lol. Hope they all got their bags packed.

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[-] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 25 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I'll be watching how this bold strategy plays out in Gaza.

Oh, this is a shocking turn of events.

To clarify, this is not a new quote. However, this is the new Ambassador to Israel, I'm given to understand.

[-] blazera@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Shit, theyre gonna start bombing gaza and murdering women and children when Trumps inaugurated

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[-] blazera@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago

Democrats told them to shut up about it. So they did...

[-] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 19 points 2 weeks ago

Not only that, but Kamala's campaign decided to send Bill Clinton to lecture them on the Gaza war, just before the election.

The Harris campaign also sent Hillary Clinton to Florida. Went over like a lead balloon.

[-] zbyte64@awful.systems 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I don't know many things but the voters are obviously to blame. We drew 100 different trolley problems and told them democracy and women's rights were on the line. We even had Bill Clinton logically explain that Palestinians were human shields. We even had better policy even though most voters didn't know it. I can only conclude voters are selfish and that's why they vote against their own interests.

[-] TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 weeks ago

You had me in the first half- took me to 'human shields' before I recognized the tone lol

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago

At this point, I’m starting to find a lot of this shit darkly hilarious.

[-] ZK686@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

This is crazy because typically Republicans are more supportive of Israel..

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

To Arabs with families in Gaza the worst is already happening. Entire branches of families have been wiped out. Trump quite literally can not be any worse for them than Biden. And Harris failed to meaningfully distance herself from Biden's policies on Gaza. So they stayed home. This isn't shocking, it's an entirely human response.

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