{"id":2355170,"date":"2024-10-15T12:14:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T16:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-israel-pac-vows-reckoning-for-democrats-with-harris-snub-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-15T12:15:23","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T16:15:23","slug":"anti-israel-pac-vows-reckoning-for-democrats-with-harris-snub-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-israel-pac-vows-reckoning-for-democrats-with-harris-snub-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Israel PAC vows \u2018reckoning\u2019 for Democrats with Harris snub &#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\">24<\/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%2Fanti-israel-pac-vows-reckoning-for-democrats-with-harris-snub-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=2355170&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 Arab American Political\u200c Action\u200d Committee \u200c(AAPAC) has decided not to \u2064endorse Vice President Kamala Harris in the upcoming election, which represents a significant departure from their usual support for the Democratic nominee since the organization&#8217;s inception\u2062 over two decades ago. This decision comes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-jeopardy-host-reflects-on-his-1-day-gig-everyone-was-so-angry\/\" title=\"Ex-&#039;Jeopardy!&#039; Host Recalls Controversial 1-Day Stint: &#039;People Were Upset\">amid growing discontent<\/a> within the \u200cArab and Muslim community, particularly concerning\u200d U.S. support for the Israeli government during the ongoing conflict in Gaza. AAPAC, based in Michigan\u2014a key state with a large Arab \u200dpopulation\u2014expressed \u2063that both Harris and her potential Republican opponent, Donald Trump, have not adequately addressed\u200d issues affecting \u200ctheir\u200d community. Their stance follows similar refusals from other anti-Israel organizations in Michigan, signaling a possible shift in voting patterns among these groups.  <\/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\">Anti-Israel PAC vows &lsquo;reckoning&rsquo; for Democrats with Harris snub<\/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_1834120\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The Arab American Political Action Committee declined to endorse Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a>, marking a blow to her efforts to court voters disillusioned with her stance on the war in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Gaza<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The group is based in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/michigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Michigan<\/a>, a battleground state with the country&rsquo;s largest Arab and Muslim community. The PAC&rsquo;s announcement Monday came as a break with its tradition of backing the Democratic Party&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-calls-travel-lid-for-wednesday-an-hour-after-bobulinski-interview-airs\/\" title=\"Biden Calls Travel Lid for Wednesday an Hour After Bobulinski Interview Airs\">presidential nominee<\/a> since its founding more than two decades ago.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This year, we face a choice of two candidates who are harming our communities here and our families and friends in our homelands,&rdquo; it said in a statement. &ldquo;We simply cannot give our votes to either Democrat Kamala Harris or Republican Donald Trump, who blindly support the criminal Israeli government led by far-right extremists, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>AAPAC&rsquo;s decision follows at least two other prominent anti-Israel groups based in Michigan that have decided against supporting Harris.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vice President Kamala Harris exits Air Force Two at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, in Detroit, after attending a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. (AP Photo\/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Dearborn-based &ldquo;Abandon Harris&rdquo; movement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3183796\/how-much-of-the-uncommitted-movement-will-split-for-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>pushed aside<\/a> worries earlier this month that its endorsement of Green Party candidate Jill Stein might put former President Donald Trump in office.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There might someday be a moment where we do have to choose the lesser of two evils, but now we&rsquo;ve reached a point where the evil is so pronounced that we must denounce it at every moment, regardless of the cost, to send an undeniable signal that a reckoning will come upon &hellip; [the Democratic Party] and it will have to ask why it lost,&rdquo;&nbsp;said Hassan Abdel Salam, the group&rsquo;s leader.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the Uncommitted National Movement, which staged a protest vote against President Joe Biden, then the presumed Democratic nominee, during Michigan&rsquo;s primary in February, has also declined to back Harris.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Approximately 150,000 Arab and Muslim voters call Michigan home. The movement away from Harris in Michigan, a state Trump lost by just over 154,000 votes four years ago, could signal the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s odds of flipping the state are increasing with just 21 days to go before Election Day.<\/p>\n<p>The latest aggregate polling from <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/michigan\/trump-vs-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>RealClearPolitics<\/a><\/em>  shows Trump with a razor-thin edge over 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> in Michigan.<\/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_1834120\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1834120\"}});<\/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>Anti-Israel PAC snubs Harris, signaling trouble for Democrats<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2355171,"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\/harris-michigan.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5845,3685,32438,7409,32076],"class_list":["post-2355170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-anti-israel","tag-democrats","tag-kamala-harris","tag-pac","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/harris-michigan.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2355170","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\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2355170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2355170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2355171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2355170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2355170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2355170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}