Michigan's Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday will underscore the political repercussions of the Israel-Hamas war for President Joe Biden before November's general election.
Michigan voters have an outsized impact on who will win the White House, and which party will carry the House and Senate in 2024. In this series, will look at the thorny politics and unique issues that will swing the critical battleground state. Part One, below, examines the Arab American and Muslim voter effort to protest President Joe Biden’s re-election over his Israel policy.More than four months since Hamas slaughtered more than a thousand Israelis and took hundreds more hostage on Oct.
“I will sum it up with what one Palestinian American told me in our community, he said, anything short of Mr. Biden performing a miracle like Jesus and resurrecting 29,000 dead Palestinian women and children, he’s not voting for him under any circumstances. … I think that’s the majority view of the community at this point,” he added.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer participates in a discussion with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen during a Detroit Economic Club meeting, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, in Detroit. In this image taken from video, Muslim community leaders from several swing states pledge to withdraw support for U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023, at a conference in Dearborn, Mich., citing his refusal to call for a cease-fire in Gaza.
For Wayne University political science professor Ronald Brown, Tuesday’s “uncommitted” campaign, a combination of the “Listen to Michigan” and “Abandon Biden” endeavors, could be a “canary in the coal mine” for Biden before the general election.
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