{"id":2308013,"date":"2024-07-25T13:32:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T17:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-and-minnesota-uncommitted-delegates-appear-open-to-backing-harris-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-25T13:33:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T17:33:46","slug":"michigan-and-minnesotas-uncommitted-delegates-seem-willing-to-support-harris-washington-examiner-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-and-minnesotas-uncommitted-delegates-seem-willing-to-support-harris-washington-examiner-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan and Minnesota&#8217;s &#8216;uncommitted&#8217; delegates seem willing to support Harris &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmichigan-and-minnesotas-uncommitted-delegates-seem-willing-to-support-harris-washington-examiner-2%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2308013&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Delegates in Michigan and Minnesota, who \u2063are currently\u2063 uncommitted, may be open to supporting Vice President Kamala Harris if she shifts her stance on Israel, differing from\u200b President Biden&#8217;s foreign \u2063policy. These uncommitted delegates\u200b have not yet \u200bpledged their support, awaiting clarity on Harris&#8217;s position regarding Israel and the ongoing conflict in Gaza. Abbas Alawie, a\u200d delegate \u200cfrom Michigan,\u2064 indicated that efforts are being made to arrange a \u200dmeeting \u200dwith Harris to \u2063discuss potential \u200csupport from the uncommitted voters, who number \u200daround 730,000. While Harris has not significantly deviated from Biden&#8217;s views, she has publicly shown more sympathy \u2064for the \u200bplight \u200cof those in Gaza and has raised doubts over certain Israeli military strategies. Tension during\u200b discussions has been\u2063 noted, \u2063with delegates expressing \u2062frustration over the lack of a \u200bhumane policy approach in the current discourse.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Michigan and Minnesota &lsquo;uncommitted&rsquo; delegates appear open to backing Harris if she changes Israel policy<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1712763\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Delegates bound to the uncommitted votes in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/michigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Michigan<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/minnesota\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Minnesota<\/a> appear to be willing to hear Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a>, the de facto Democratic presidential nominee, out &mdash; if she distances herself from Biden&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikki-haley-says-kamala-harris-never-would-have-gone-to-the-border-if-it-wasnt-for-trump\/\" title=\"Nikki Haley Says Kamala Harris \u2018Never\u2019 Would Have Gone To The Border If It Wasn\u2019t For Trump\">foreign policy stance<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota and Michigan&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2872128\/michigan-arab-uncommitted-protest-vote-warning-sign-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>uncommitted delegates<\/a> have not pledged to support Harris until they see if her stance on Israel and the war in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Gaza<\/a> differs from that of President Joe Biden. Abbas Alawie, one of the two &ldquo;no&rdquo; votes from Michigan, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/detroit\/2024\/07\/25\/michigans-pro-palestine-delegates-kamala-needs-us-to-win\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>Axios<\/em><\/a>  the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-faces-small-but-growing-group-of-uncommitted-delegates-at-dnc-convention\/\" title=\"Biden encounters a rising number of undecided delegates at DNC convention\">national uncommitted movement<\/a> is trying to schedule a meeting with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a> to discuss her gaining their support.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our uncommitted national movement will do everything in our power to mobilize the 730,000 people who voted uncommitted to vote for Vice President Harris,&rdquo; he told <em>Axios<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Harris&rsquo;s public statements surrounding Israel and the war have not differed that much from those of Biden, but Harris has expressed more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/03\/03\/kamala-harris-calls-ceasefire-deal-gaza-starving\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>public sympathy<\/a> toward the loss of life in Gaza and questioned some Israeli military strategy, while still condemning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hamas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While on a call during the vote to send Michigan delegates to Harris, Alawieh said he was told to &ldquo;shut up, a**hole&rdquo; while he was discussing a more humane policy approach to the war.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To have Democratic elected officials in the state on the call and not a single one speak up and say, &lsquo;Hey, Abbas is one of us, or &lsquo;Uncommitted voters matter to us,&rsquo; it was a slap in the face,&rdquo; Alawieh told <em>Axios<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota has the largest &ldquo;uncommitted&rdquo; voting bloc with 11 delegates, but organizers there have said the change at the top of the ticket has meant little to them. Asma Mohammed, co-chairwoman of the state&rsquo;s uncommitted delegation, said delegates are prepared to withhold their endorsement of Harris until she commits to the end of sending military aid to Israel and supports a permanent ceasefire in the region.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are Democrats,&rdquo; she told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/twin-cities\/2024\/07\/25\/kamala-harris-uncommitted-dnc-democratic-delegates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>Axios<\/em><\/a>. &ldquo;We do not want a Trump presidency.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Because the &ldquo;uncommitted votes&rdquo; were against Biden&rsquo;s candidacy, Mohammed said she is &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-and-minnesotas-uncommitted-delegates-seem-willing-to-support-harris-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Michigan and Minnesota&#039;s &#039;uncommitted&#039; delegates seem willing to support Harris - Washington Examiner\">cautiously optimistic&#038;rdquo<\/a>; that the change at the top of the ticket gives a chance for a reset.<\/p>\n<p>Of the nearly 4,000 Democratic delegates across the country, 36 are uncommitted.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1712763\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1712763\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delegates in Michigan and Minnesota, who \u2063are currently\u2063 uncommitted, may be open to supporting Vice President Kamala Harris if she shifts her stance on Israel, differing from\u200b President Biden&#8217;s foreign \u2063policy. These uncommitted delegates\u200b have not yet \u200bpledged their support, awaiting clarity on Harris&#8217;s position regarding Israel and the ongoing conflict in Gaza. Abbas Alawie, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2308014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/uncommitted-vote-in-michigan-minnesota.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4601,5698,36157],"class_list":["post-2308013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-michigan","tag-minnesota","tag-uncommitted-delegates"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/uncommitted-vote-in-michigan-minnesota.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2308013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2308013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2308013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2308014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2308013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2308013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2308013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}