Uncommitted delegates staged a sit-in outside the DNC in protest.
Rep. Ilhan Omar, right, comforts Asma Nizami, an uncommitted delegate from Minnesota, as they listen to Dr. Tammy Abughnaim speak about the atrocities she's witnessed while working in Gaza, at Park 578 on Aug. 21. 2024, in Chicago.
Uncommitted delegates stage"sit in" outside of United Center at DNC in Chicago on Aug. 21, 2024 after being told by the DNC they would not be getting a Palestinian speaker on stage.MORE: Unmoved by Harris replacing Biden at top of ticket, pro-Palestinian protesters plan to march on DNC "There’s been a lot of talk about unity this week. So, why won’t you all allow a Palestinian American speaker address the convention?" Tyler was asked. "And simply saying Trump would be worse for Arab Americans—how is that not the campaign taking their votes for granted?"
Democratic Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez earlier urged the DNC in a post on X to put a Palestinian speaker on stage. The uncommitted delegates were hoping to have Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan, a pediatric intensive care physician who had spent time in Gaza working with the nonprofit Doctors Without Borders, also speak on the main stage about what she had experienced.
The death toll in Gaza has surpassed more than 40,000, according to Gaza's Hamas-run Health Ministry.
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