{"id":2363575,"date":"2024-11-03T17:45:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-03T22:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/muslim-michigan-mayor-says-trump-endorsement-followed-neglect-from-harris-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-03T17:45:25","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T22:45:25","slug":"muslim-michigan-mayor-says-trump-endorsement-followed-neglect-from-harris-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/muslim-michigan-mayor-says-trump-endorsement-followed-neglect-from-harris-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslim Michigan mayor says Trump endorsement followed \u2018neglect\u2019 from 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=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fmuslim-michigan-mayor-says-trump-endorsement-followed-neglect-from-harris-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=2363575&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>Hamtramck, Michigan&#8217;s Mayor Amer Ghalib \u200dhas publicly endorsed former President Donald\u200b Trump, attributing \u200chis\u200d decision\u2063 to what he perceives\u200b as &#8220;neglect&#8221; from the Biden-Harris administration, especially regarding \u2064the war in Gaza. \u2064As \u2062Election \u2062Day approaches,\u2062 with Michigan&#8217;s \u206416 electoral votes at stake, both Trump \u2062and\u2063 Vice President Kamala Harris are competing for support \u200cin the state. Ghalib \u2064expressed disappointment in \u2063the administration&#8217;s \u200cfailure to address the concerns of\u200c the Arab American community, noting that Harris&#8217;s inclusion\u2062 of Liz Cheney as a \u200cmilitary\u200b adviser reminded many of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">past grievances tied<\/a> to the Iraq War. \u200cHe highlighted \u200ba\u2064 year of advocacy for a more engaged response from the administration but felt it was\u200b met with negligence, prompting \u2062his endorsement of Trump.  <\/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\">Muslim Michigan mayor says Trump endorsement followed &lsquo;neglect&rsquo; from Harris<\/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_1870740\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Hamtramck, <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/michigan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Michigan<\/a>, Mayor Amer Ghalib said &ldquo;neglect&rdquo; from the Biden-Harris administration on the issue of the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">war in Gaza<\/a> led him to endorse former President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>With only two days left until Election Day, both Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are battling to win over Michigan. The state has 16 electoral votes up for grabs and a history of swinging to either party.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;During the whole year of a war&nbsp;in the Middle East, I supported&nbsp;the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigans-uncommitted-voters-send-loud-message-to-biden-over-israel-hamas-war\/\" title=\"Michigan&#039;s undecided voters strongly signal their concerns to Biden regarding the Israel-Hamas conflict\">uncommitted movement<\/a> in Michigan to&nbsp;send a strong message to the&nbsp;current administration to take our concerns into&nbsp;consideration, but nothing was&nbsp;happening.&nbsp;In fact, they completely&nbsp;neglected us and negligence&nbsp;became the norm and everything&nbsp;else is an exception,&rdquo; Ghalib said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Sunday Morning Futures with Mario Bartiromo<\/em>. &ldquo;[Harris] added insult to the wound by&nbsp;having Liz Cheney be her top&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/remembering-on-memorial-day-even-for-those-who-cant\/\" title=\"Remembering on Memorial Day, Even for Those Who Can\u2019t\">military adviser<\/a>, which brings&nbsp;memories back to the Arab American community about the&nbsp;invasion of Iraq based on false claims of&nbsp;having weapons of mass&nbsp;destruction and hundreds of&nbsp;thousands were killed.&nbsp;So, this is very disappointing&nbsp;to the Arab American community.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2677700&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=58a1359bafb6340c67934bb0d53ad2f3\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The uncommitted movement encouraged Democratic voters to vote &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2904873\/super-tuesday-biden-hampered-uncommitted-votes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">uncommitted<\/a>&rdquo; in Michigan&rsquo;s primary election as a form of protest against President Joe Biden&rsquo;s support of&nbsp;Israel. Shortly after the state&rsquo;s Democratic primary, Biden publicly called for a ceasefire in Gaza, which Ghalib said is his main priority.<\/p>\n<p>Former Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney and her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, have both endorsed Harris for president. Dick Cheney served as <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> during the war in Iraq.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ghalib has joined Trump on the campaign trail. He has said the Democratic ticket &ldquo;should be punished&rdquo; by losing the Arab American vote.<\/p>\n<p>In Michigan, Arab American voters make up almost 5% of the vote, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaiusa.org\/library\/the-arab-american-vote-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"according to\">according to<\/a> the Arab American Institute. In Ohio, they make up 1.7%, while in Pennsylvania, they make up 2% of likely voters.<\/p>\n<\/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_1870740\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1870740\"}});<\/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>Muslim Michigan mayor cites Biden-Harris &#8220;neglect&#8221; in Gaza for Trump endorsement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2363576,"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\/11\/Amer-Ghalib-Donald-Trump.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[44297,4601,41520,5894,39103],"class_list":["post-2363575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-harris-neglect","tag-michigan","tag-muslim-mayor","tag-politics","tag-trump-endorsement"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Amer-Ghalib-Donald-Trump.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2363575","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\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2363575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2363575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2363576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2363575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2363575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2363575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}