Harris could win back a wide swath of voters who broke with Biden over his support of Israel, activists said.
Vice President Kamala Harris boards Air Force Two at Lynden Pindling International Airport after attending the US-Caribbean Leaders Meeting in Nassau, Bahamas, on June 8, 2023.The grassroots pro-Palestine movement behind hundreds of thousands of protest votes in the Democratic primaries against President Joe Biden is now urging Vice President Kamala Harris to come out against sending more weapons to Israel now that she is likely going to take Biden’s spot as the Democrats’ presidential nominee..
“It’s time to align our actions with our values. Vice President Harris can start the process to earn back trust by turning the page from Biden’s horrific policies in Gaza,” the Uncommitted movement’s statement said. They added that supplying Israel with weapons “makes a mockery” of Democrats’ supposed pledge to defeat fascism.Jewish Voice for Peace also called on Democrats to immediately change course on Gaza now that Biden is out.
Harris has stood by the Biden administration as it has unconditionally backed Israel’s genocide, which many advocates for Palestinian liberation say leaves a permanent stain on her legacy.Harris is “responsible, as is the entirety of the Democratic party — and the Republican party — for butchering Gaza. You cannot gaslight us into believing otherwise,” said Palestinian American storyteller Jenan Matariendorsed Harris after the announcement on Sunday, Rep.
Those who resigned from major positions in the Biden administration have said that it’s hard to imagine that Harris’s approach to the genocide will be worse than Biden’s,“Harris must listen to the majority of American voters and use all of the administration’s leverage — including by halting offensive weapons transfers — to push for a lasting ceasefire and hostage exchange,” said Lily Greenberg Call, who became the first Jewish Biden appointee“Frankly, it’s hard to imagine any Democrat have a...
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