{"id":2365303,"date":"2024-11-06T18:35:10","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T23:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gaza-comes-back-to-bite-harris-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-06T18:36:44","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T23:36:44","slug":"gaza-comes-back-to-bite-harris-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gaza-comes-back-to-bite-harris-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaza comes back to bite 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\">18<\/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%2Fgaza-comes-back-to-bite-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=2365303&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 article discusses the significant political shift in Michigan, particularly in areas\u200b with large Arab American populations, stemming from Vice President Kamala \u200dHarris&#8217;s stance on the Gaza \u2064conflict. Many voters expressed anger and disillusionment with the Biden-Harris administration&#8217;s\u2064 policies, which contributed to a notable increase \u2063in support \u200bfor Donald Trump in \u200cthe 2024 presidential election. Trump garnered 42%\u2064 of the votes in\u2064 Dearborn, a marked increase from his previous performance in 2020, while Harris&#8217;s share dropped significantly \u200bto 36%. Furthermore, Trump captured 42.7% \u200cin Hamtramck,\u200b a city with a\u2064 majority Muslim population, where \u2064his support had previously been only 13.4%. This shift\u2062 is attributed to\u200b Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-gives-first-state-of-the-union\/\" title=\"Biden Gives First State Of The Union\">anti-war message<\/a> and alignment with pro-Palestinian\u2063 figures, contrasting with Harris&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">perceived\u200c pro-war stance<\/a>. Support from key local leaders, including \u2064pro-Palestinian mayors, further underscored\u200c the shift in voter sentiment, highlighting the impact of the Gaza conflict on local and national\u200d political dynamics.  <\/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\">Gaza comes back to bite Harris as Dearborn helps tip Michigan in Trump&rsquo;s favor<\/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_1736295\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Anger over Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kamala Harris<\/a>&rsquo;s stance on the war in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Gaza<\/a> likely spelled the end of her presidential hopes in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/michigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Michigan<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/billionaire-backer-pulls-the-rug-out-from-under-nikki-haley-ties-nice-sum-of-money-to-new-hampshire-performance\/\" title=\"Billionaire backer links money to Haley&#039;s New Hampshire performance, pulls support\">battleground state holds<\/a> the highest concentration of Arab Americans in the country, many of whom expressed profound disillusionment with the Biden-Harris administration&rsquo;s policy on the Middle Eastern conflict. Riding off their wave of fury against Harris&rsquo;s refusal to commit to significant policy changes on the war in Gaza, President-elect Donald Trump found historic levels of support in Dearborn and other majority-Muslim areas across the state.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That support played a critical role in propelling Trump to victory in a state he lost by about 155,000 votes four years ago. Trump won Dearborn with 42% support during the 2024 presidential election, a significant increase from the 30% he garnered in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Harris carried only 36% of the vote, down from President Joe Biden&rsquo;s 69% in 2020.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump also carried the neighboring Dearborn Heights, where 39% of the residents hail from the Middle East. The Dearborn area is the birthplace of the pro-Palestinian anti-war &ldquo;Uncommitted&rdquo; movement, which prominently caught the country&rsquo;s attention during Michigan&rsquo;s February Democratic primary. Voters cast over 100,000 protest &ldquo;uncommitted&rdquo; ballots against Biden at the time, escalating tensions between Democratic leadership and far-left factions of the party. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march during a visit by President Joe Biden in Warren, Michigan, Feb. 1, 2024. (AP Photo\/Paul Sancya, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s gains over his 2020 performance with Arab Americans were the highest in the majority-Muslim city of Hamtramck. The former president received 42.7% of the vote with all ballots counted following the Nov. 5 election, which marked a staggering increase from the&nbsp;13.4% he received in 2020.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The news comes as an apparent confirmation that Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3180409\/former-democratic-lawmaker-hoping-world-peace-rolls-out-trump-endorsement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">message<\/a> of &ldquo;peace&rdquo; and &ldquo;no new wars&rdquo; has <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=\"\">resonated<\/a> with key leaders in Michigan&rsquo;s pro-Palestinian community, many of whom have relatives who have been killed or are living in the Middle Eastern region that has been fraught with violence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Trump campaign portrayed Harris as a pro-war candidate during the 2024 presidential election cycle, pointing to her alliance with former Republican Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, whom the former president and his allies have described as a &ldquo;war hawk.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Trump has aligned himself with anti-war figures, including former Democratic Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. While he has expressed steadfast support for Israel&rsquo;s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Trump has also pledged that he would work to bring a swift end to the conflict and halt the suffering of the Palestinian people.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>His rhetoric found a listening ear in Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib, a prominent pro-Palestinian activist who made headlines after endorsing Trump in October. Dearborn Heights&nbsp;Mayor Bill Bazzi later followed in Ghalib&rsquo;s footsteps, subsequently appearing at a recent Michigan rally with Trump.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH: Mayor Amer Ghalib of Hamtramck, Michigan, the country&#8217;s only Muslim majority city, joins President Trump at his last campaign rally in Grand Rapids and says that a survey among the Arab Americans in Metro Detroit area showed President Trump leading by 76%. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K9R3ugR3L1\">pic.twitter.com\/K9R3ugR3L1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpWarRoom\/status\/1853693587852071083?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even Dearborn&rsquo;s Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog-posts\/democratic-michigan-mayor-arab-majority-city-refuses-endorse-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Abdullah Hammoud<\/a>, who criticized Ghalib&rsquo;s move to back Trump, pushed back against pressure to endorse Harris over fears that the former president would &ldquo;threaten democracy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When you have residents pouring in saying, &lsquo;I have lost a family member, I have missed the burial that would provide some semblance of peace, and we couldn&rsquo;t even find the body of my family member &mdash; we only found limbs that were cast because of the size of the explosion,&rsquo; how would you approach them and say, &lsquo;While I understand this pain you&rsquo;re feeling, you still should cast your vote for the quote-unquote lesser of two evils?&rsquo;&rdquo; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2024\/10\/dearborn-mayor-michigan-gaza-lebanon-biden-harris-2024-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">told<\/a> <em>Mother Jones<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <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_1736295\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1736295\"}});<\/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 have ended her presidential hopes in Michigan, where Arab Americans are disillusioned with the Biden-Harris administration<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2365304,"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\/Gaza-MI.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[20083,32438,32076],"class_list":["post-2365303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-gaza","tag-kamala-harris","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Gaza-MI.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365303","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=2365303"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2365307,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365303\/revisions\/2365307"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2365304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2365303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2365303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2365303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}