{"id":2352228,"date":"2024-10-08T15:32:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T19:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harriss-gaza-problem-could-help-hand-michigan-to-trump-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-08T15:32:55","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T19:32:55","slug":"kamala-harriss-gaza-problem-could-help-hand-michigan-to-trump-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harriss-gaza-problem-could-help-hand-michigan-to-trump-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris&#8217;s Gaza problem could help hand Michigan to Trump &#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%2Fkamala-harriss-gaza-problem-could-help-hand-michigan-to-trump-washington-examiner%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=2352228&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>The\u200c article \u2062discusses\u2064 the political repercussions of\u200d the ongoing Gaza conflict, particularly focusing\u200c on how it affects Vice President\u200d Kamala Harris&#8217;s support among Arab\u2063 and Muslim voters in\u2063 Michigan. Following\u200b the\u2063 war in Gaza, former \u2063President Donald Trump has gained traction\u200d among these voters, some of whom express\u2064 intentions \u2062to &#8220;punish&#8221; Harris at the\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-ag-barr-authorizes-federal-prosecutors-to-pursue-substantial-allegations-of-voting-irregularities-before-2020-election-is-certified\/\" title=\"BREAKING: AG Barr Authorizes Federal Prosecutors to Pursue &quot;Substantial Allegations&quot; of Voting Irregularities Before 2020 Election is Certified\">ballot box<\/a> due to her alignment with President Biden&#8217;s pro-Israel stance.\u200d A movement in Michigan \u2062mobilized a significant number \u2063of voters to protest U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">foreign policy<\/a>, but \u200dwhile Harris has built some connections with\u200c local leaders demanding\u200c a ceasefire, opposition within the Democratic Party remains. Many voters are considering alternatives, including supporting Green Party candidate \u2063Jill Stein or even Trump, despite his controversial past regarding Muslim communities. \u2064This dissatisfaction \u2062reflects complex emotions tied to the loss experienced during \u2064the conflict. The article highlights the potential for these\u200d dynamics to sway the presidential race in Michigan, a key state for electoral outcomes, where Arab and Muslim American voters could play a critical role.  <\/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\">How Kamala Harris&rsquo;s Gaza problem could help hand Michigan to Trump<\/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_1778869\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>DETROIT &mdash; <\/strong>Outrage over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>war in Gaza<\/a> has given former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> an opening in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/michigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Michigan<\/a> as some Arab and Muslim voters vow to &ldquo;punish&rdquo; Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> at the ballot box.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The &ldquo;uncommitted&rdquo; movement, which mobilized 100,000 Michigan voters to protest U.S. foreign policy in the conflict, has splintered since the Democratic primary in February, often to the benefit of Harris. She has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3179652\/hamtramck-councilman-mobilizes-support-harris-mayor-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>made inroads<\/a> with elected officials and some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/25194305-muslim-imams-and-leaders-letter-to-the-community-on-the-2024-elections-vfinal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>religious leaders<\/a> demanding a ceasefire in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Still, there remains a vocal element within the Democratic Party that cannot bring itself to vote for Harris despite outreach to Muslim and Arab voters by her campaign. She has adopted the same posture of support for Israel as President Joe Biden, leading some to weigh a vote for Green Party candidate Jill Stein, who received the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3179397\/abandon-harris-endorses-green-party-jill-stein\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>endorsement<\/a> of the &ldquo;Abandon Harris&rdquo; campaign on Monday, the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas invasion.<\/p>\n<p>A sizable share is even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3161468\/trump-campaign-outreach-arab-americans-muslim-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>considering Trump<\/a> despite his decidedly pro-Israel stance.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s no longer about picking the lesser evil,&rdquo; said Nasser Beydoun, a community leader in the Arab-majority city of Dearborn. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s about punishing the evil we know.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The resistance could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3172371\/democrats-accuse-jill-stein-working-with-gop-hurt-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>swing the presidential race<\/a> in Michigan, home to more than 200,000 Arab and Muslim Americans. Trump lost the state by 154,000 votes in 2020, while his winning margin in 2016 was 10,000 votes.<\/p>\n<p>The prospect of Trump returning to the White House has moved influential Democrats off the sidelines.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We cannot afford to sit on a nonexistent fence,&rdquo; said Detroit Councilwoman Mary Waters, an &ldquo;uncommitted&rdquo; voter who is now supporting Harris. &ldquo;I mean, this is decision time. So, you choose.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Yet she described dug-in opposition from some within the Muslim community who disregard the fact that Trump has a friendly relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has waged a casualty-heavy campaign in Gaza and now Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;re not buying it,&rdquo; Waters said. &ldquo;They cannot get there. Most of them cannot get there&rdquo; to support Harris.<\/p>\n<p>For some, a vote against Harris is about sending a message. For others, it&rsquo;s about relatives lost in the conflict. Earlier this month, an American from Dearborn was killed in Lebanon as Israel, responding to rocket attacks from Hezbollah, expands its airstrikes in the country.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You know, these people are watching their blood relatives just be killed and go hungry and get sick and die,&rdquo; said Mikhail Stewart Siddique, an imam at the Muslim Center of Detroit who is backing Harris.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I mean, it&rsquo;s just morbid and it&rsquo;s traumatizing,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;So, as a result of that, people are angry. Some people are just saying we want to punish Joe Biden.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Najah Harb of Dearborn, Michigan, waves a Lebanese flag above her head as hundreds gather for a rally in support of Lebanon in light of recent Israeli strikes that killed hundreds on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, in front of the Henry Ford Centennial Library in Dearborn. (Katy Kildee\/Detroit News via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Beydoun, the former chairman of the Arab American Civil Rights League, is still deciding between Stein and Trump. He called Stein the ideal candidate given her outspokenness on the war, but he views the vote as a throwaway given she polls at 1% nationally.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about his openness to Trump, Beydoun painted a more complicated picture of his foreign policy views.<\/p>\n<p>As president, Trump had an antagonistic relationship with the Arab community, campaigning in 2016 on banning Muslims from entering the country. But the former president has promised Muslim leaders he would end the war in Gaza quickly, drawing on his reputation as a peacetime president. His campaign&rsquo;s outreach includes reminders of the low inflation while he was in office.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You know, Donald Trump is pro-Israel, but Donald Trump is also transactional,&rdquo; Beydoun said. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s not a committed Zionist like Joe Biden. I think that Donald Trump has the capacity to tell Netanyahu to stand down where Joe Biden does not.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Beydoun is far from alone. Trump leads Harris 46% to 42% among likely voters within the Arab community, <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4911910-arab-american-voter-poll-trump-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according to<\/a> national polling from the Arab American Institute released last week. Harris&rsquo;s support is a full 18 points behind Biden&rsquo;s vote share in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a separate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DeepDive.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>survey<\/a> shows Stein with almost 30% support among Muslim Americans nationally.<\/p>\n<p>Harris has attempted to soften that resistance in Michigan. During a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3178248\/kamala-harris-michigan-electric-vehicle-mandate-flint\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>trip to Flint<\/a> on Friday, she held a listening session with Muslim and Arab leaders in which she promised to continue Biden&rsquo;s ceasefire negotiations as president.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a rally on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, at the Dort Financial Center in Flint, Michigan. (AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But she is competing with the Trump campaign&rsquo;s unprecedented outreach to those very same voters. Last month, the former president won the endorsement of Amer Ghalib, the mayor of Muslim-majority Hamtramck, prompting three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-suspected-of-killing-wife-fraudulently-cast-her-vote-for-trump-in-2020-presidential-election\/\" title=\"Man Suspected Of Killing Wife Fraudulently Cast Her Vote For Trump In 2020 Presidential Election\">city councilmen<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3179652\/hamtramck-councilman-mobilizes-support-harris-mayor-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"announce a counter-endorsement\">announce a counter-endorsement<\/a> for Harris on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Harris has hinted that she would take a harder line on Israel if elected. Siddique noted that she came out in support of a ceasefire weeks before Biden.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But she has declined to take steps that may alienate the Jewish vote in Michigan and beyond as dozens of Israeli and American hostages remain in the hands of Hamas one year after the conflict began.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They feel like she&rsquo;s already chosen a side, and it wasn&rsquo;t theirs,&rdquo; Waters said of the &ldquo;Abandon Harris&rdquo; vote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\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_1778869\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1778869\"}});<\/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>Harris&#8217;s Gaza stance may boost Trump&#8217;s chances in Michigan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2651,"featured_media":2352229,"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\/10\/kamala-harris-gaza-michigan-1024x591.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[20083,32438,4601,5894,3634],"class_list":["post-2352228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-gaza","tag-kamala-harris","tag-michigan","tag-politics","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/kamala-harris-gaza-michigan-1024x591.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2352228","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\/2651"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2352228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2352228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2352229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2352228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2352228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2352228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}