{"id":2399534,"date":"2025-02-06T06:38:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T11:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-open-old-wounds-against-uncommitted-movement-voters-over-trumps-gaza-plan-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-06T06:39:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T11:39:04","slug":"democrats-open-old-wounds-against-uncommitted-movement-voters-over-trumps-gaza-plan-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-open-old-wounds-against-uncommitted-movement-voters-over-trumps-gaza-plan-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats open old wounds against Uncommitted Movement voters over Trump\u2019s Gaza plan- 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\">28<\/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%2Fdemocrats-open-old-wounds-against-uncommitted-movement-voters-over-trumps-gaza-plan-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=2399534&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>Teh article discusses the backlash from \u2064Democrats regarding the &#8220;Uncommitted Movement,&#8221; a faction of\u2064 Arab Americans adn progressives \u200dthat opposed former Vice President Kamala\u200c Harris for being perceived \u2064as too pro-Israel.the tension has resurfaced as President Donald Trump\u200b proposes\u2064 to &#8220;take over&#8221; Gaza,relocating \u200dits Palestinian residents,and \u2062Democrats are expressing their frustration towards the Uncommitted Movement&#8217;s past support for Trump. <\/p>\n<p>Senator Elissa slotkin\u2063 criticized those \u200cwho \u200bbelieved Trump \u2064would be different\u2062 regarding Middle East policies, while Senator\u2063 Gary Peters reminded that Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sean-penn-writes-angry-letter-blasting-staff-who-complained-about-vaccine-distribution-site-working-conditions\/\" title=\"Sean Penn Writes Angry Letter Blasting Staff Who Complained About Vaccine Distribution Site Working Conditions\">actions reflect<\/a> the consequences of elections.During a press conference,\u2062 Trump stated his plans\u200b for Gaza, suggesting U.S. involvement \u200bin extensive reconstruction efforts, which Democrats labeled as an attempt\u200c at ethnic cleansing.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats linked the movement to the growing frustration with bipartisan support \u200cfor policies that involve military\u200b aid to Israel. Representative Rashida Tlaib and Mayor Abdullah Hammoud of Dearborn, Michigan, defended their position, arguing that both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-points-at-gop-when-pressed-on-record-border-crossings\/\" title=\"... blames GOP for high number of border crossings\">parties share responsibility<\/a> for the current situation in Gaza.\u2062 As the Democrats seek\u200b to unify their party, \u2063they are focused on future strategies \u200bwhile trying \u2064to ensure that Trump does not take <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/using-military-force-against-mexican-drug-cartels-could-create-a-black-eye-for-trump-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Using military force against Mexican drug cartels could create a \u2018black eye\u2019 for ... ... Washington Examiner\">unilateral\u2062 military action<\/a> regarding Gaza. Simultaneously occurring, Republicans downplayed the feasibility of Trump&#8217;s\u200c proposals,\u200c suggesting a \u2063more collaborative approach with Arab nations rather.  <\/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\">Democrats open old wounds against Uncommitted Movement over Trump&rsquo;s Gaza plan<\/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_1976718\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>They <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3270254\/uncommitted-voters-blame-harris-choosing-liz-cheney-turn-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"abandoned Vice President Kamala Harris\">abandoned former Vice President Kamala Harris<\/a> in November over the belief that she was too pro-Israel. Now, President Donald Trump wants the United States to &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3311337\/middle-east-leaders-panic-trump-gaza-proposal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"&ldquo;take over&rdquo; Gaza and relocate its people\">take over&rdquo; Gaza and relocate Palestinians<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Irritated Democrats are having an &ldquo;I-told-you-so&rdquo; moment against the so-called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3159588\/uncommitted-national-movement-no-harris-endorsement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Uncommitted Movement\">Uncommitted Movement<\/a>, comprised of Arab Americans and a progressive faction who opposed Harris in critical Trump-won states such as Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think anyone who trusted Trump to be a new and different actor on the Middle East was probably just not listening closely enough,&rdquo; Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI), the former chairman of Senate Democrats&rsquo; campaign arm who is not seeking reelection next year, said Trump&rsquo;s desire to plant the American flag in the war-torn Middle East territory is a reminder that &ldquo;elections definitely do have consequences.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think we all knew where Trump was on that issue,&rdquo; Peters said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s no surprise what we&rsquo;re seeing from Trump because that&rsquo;s what we talked about throughout the campaign.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the White House during a press conference Tuesday night with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump envisioned relocating Gaza&rsquo;s nearly 2 million Palestinian residents and reconstructing the seaside enclave into the &ldquo;Riviera of the Middle East&rdquo; while not ruling out using U.S. troops to make it happen in the Hamas-controlled area.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it too,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site. Level the site, and get rid of the destroyed buildings, level it out, create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the people of the area, do a real job, do something different.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">suggestion unleashed fresh furry<\/a> from Democrats toward supporters of the Uncommitted Movement and its leaders, including Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI). The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/houthis-bomb-civilian-airport-days-after-biden-removes-terrorist-designation\/\" title=\"Houthis Bomb Civilian Airport Days After Biden Removes Terrorist Designation\">movement began<\/a> as a boycott of former President Joe Biden during the Democratic primary but stuck through the general election in an effort to force Harris to distance herself from Biden&rsquo;s support of Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Claude Taylor, chairman of the Democratic Mad Dog PAC and former Clinton White House staffer, urged people to call Tlaib&rsquo;s office and &ldquo;tell her she&rsquo;s a f***ing idiot.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The group formerly known as Arab Americans for Trump quickly <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/arab-americans-trump-gaza-name-peace-479f6777cac7bac52fb098daa0821cb5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">rebranded itself<\/a> in the wake of Trump&rsquo;s comments to Arab Americans for Peace.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Anybody who thought when they voted for Donald Trump that they were getting someone oriented towards peace and against an American empire is getting a rude awakening,&rdquo; said Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI). &ldquo;This guy wants to establish a United States colony in the Middle East.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Arab-majority city of Dearborn, Michigan, home to the largest Arab American population in the U.S., was a stronghold for the Uncommitted Movement and supported by Mayor Abdullah Hammoud. In November, the city&rsquo;s voters elected Democratic candidates up and down the ticket, including Tlaib, but swung for Trump at the top.<\/p>\n<p id=\"block-723133f3-75a6-47d8-8eda-40beab92a288\">Hammoud said his &ldquo;commitment to justice remains unshaken, no matter who sits in the&nbsp;White&nbsp;House&rdquo; and described Trump&rsquo;s vision as a &ldquo;proposal to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from Gaza.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Tlaib, Hammoud, and others associated with the Uncommitted Movement deflected blame. Several of them, including Tlaib and Uncommitted Movement co-founder Abbas Alawieh, pointed their fingers at both political parties.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Abbas Alwieh, a Michigan uncommitted delegate, participates in a press conference outside the United Center before the Democratic National Convention, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo\/Matt Rourke, file)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Palestinians aren&rsquo;t going anywhere,&rdquo; Tlaib wrote in an X post. &ldquo;This president can only spew this fanatical bulls**t because of bipartisan support in Congress for funding genocide and ethnic cleansing. It&rsquo;s time for my two-state solution colleagues to speak up.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Alawieh, a Michigan delegate to last year&rsquo;s Democratic National Convention, said in a series of posts that Democratic and Republican presidential administrations &ldquo;alike have illegally supplied the funding and bombs that led us here, and voters are fed up.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>House Democratic leaders are fresh off unveiling a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/rachel_schilke\/status\/1886449626187767951\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"multi-point strategy\">multi-point strategy<\/a> to combat Trump&rsquo;s agenda and unite the party, leaving no willingness to dive into the politically perilous subject of Gaza during a closed-door caucus meeting Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re focused on the future here,&rdquo; said House Democratic Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar (D-CA). &ldquo;Our job is to build a big coalition that meets the needs of the American public.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA), a leadership member, also deflected on the apparent frustration among Democrats toward the Uncommitted Movement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t have time to do the blame again,&rdquo; McGovern told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;We have to make sure that we win enough votes to change the reality here in the midterms. It is what it is.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Instead, he and other Democrats raised the notion of Congress using legislation to try and prevent Trump from taking unilateral military action in acquiring Gaza. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Republicans, who hold the keys to both chambers, downplayed the likelihood of Trump&rsquo;s proposal.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The idea of Americans going in on the ground in Gaza is a non-starter for every senator,&rdquo; Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), a Trump confidant, told reporters following a Senate GOP meeting Wednesday with White House Middle East special envoy Steven Witkoff. &ldquo;I would suggest we go back to what we&rsquo;ve been trying to do: destroy Hamas and find a way for the Arab world to take over Gaza and the West Bank in a fashion that would lead to a Palestinian state that Israel could live with.&rdquo;<\/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_1976718\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1976718\"}});<\/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>Democrats criticize the Uncommitted Movement over Trump&#8217;s Gaza plan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2399535,"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\/2025\/02\/democrats-blast-uncommitted-movement-trump-gaza-plan.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3685,49875,3634,39033],"class_list":["post-2399534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-democrats","tag-gaza-plan","tag-trump","tag-uncommitted-movement"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/democrats-blast-uncommitted-movement-trump-gaza-plan.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2399534","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2399534"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2399534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2399538,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2399534\/revisions\/2399538"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2399535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2399534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2399534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2399534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}