Co-founder of pro-Palestinian Uncommitted movement says he will vote for Harris

[OKIsItJustMe]

Source: CNN

Co-founder of pro-Palestinian Uncommitted movement says he will vote for Harris
From CNN's Kaanita Iyer

The co-founder of Uncommitted National Movement shared Tuesday that he will be voting for Vice President Kamala Harris as the group — which ultimately decided to not endorse the Democratic nominee — has warned against former President Donald Trump.

❝“This is a moment where we have to look very clearly at what Donald Trump has planned for our communities and for Arab and Muslim Americans in particular,” Abbas Alawieh told MSNBC, adding that as a former congressional staffer who was at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, he is “no stranger the kind of violence and policy violence that Donald Trump intends to champion in our country.”❞

Alawieh added in the clip shared to the group’s X page that though he will vote for Harris, he hopes a “coalition” of voters, including those who voted for Harris, will put pressure on “the next administration to break from the policy of sending — of sending unconditional weapons and funding to the Israeli military.”

❝He continued: “The Arab American, Muslim American community for months have been oscillating between dealing with our grief, dealing with the fact that so many of our family members are there living under the bombs that our US government is sending Benjamin Netanhyahu, while also trying to do the politically savvy thing.”❞

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Read more: https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/2024-election-trump-harris#cm34wcqmy00053b6myq9595y7

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Thanks… Couldn’t you have come to this conclusion last week? Or last month?

[RockRaven]

1. Too late. Your damage is done, and you will remain responsible for it.

[SoFlaBro]

2. They should have FUCKING endorsed Harris from the start instead of playing footsie with the fuck shit.

[NoRethugFriends]

3. what a schmuck

[SarcasticSatyr]

4. I can't figure out how this was somehow a difficult decision ..

did they really think the orange idiot would be better for their concerns?

[speak easy]

6. Ask Rep.Tlaib ...

Post #5

[AZLD4Candidate]

11. She really turned into a gadfly. Soon, she'll start burping off Kucinich and Gabbard bullshit about how Democrats

were worse than Republicans.

I loathe one issue voters as much as gadflies.

[speak easy]

5. But not Rep. Rashida Tlaib

Michigan congresswoman Rashida Tlaib declines to endorse Kamala Harris
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/02/rashida-tlaib-decline-endorsement-kamala-harris

[Oopsie Daisy]

10. Ain't that some crazy shit? 💩

[democratsruletheday]

7. could lose MI thanks to this voting block and

Talib.....just despicable ignorance and stupidity. I'm in this state and SOME Arab and/or Muslim leaders came out a while ago but this guy waits until TODAY? FUCKING cowardly and then some.

[OKIsItJustMe]

8. My thought is that he's trying to make nice with the President-Elect

“Hey, I was with you all along, you and me, right Kamala?”

[Oopsie Daisy]

12. Perfect!

[OKIsItJustMe]

14. CNN: Signs of modest support in Michigan's "Uncommitted" movement give Harris campaign some optimism

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/2024-election-trump-harris#cm3510hi800003b61oa6f9vnx

Signs of modest support in Michigan’s "Uncommitted" movement give Harris campaign some optimism
From CNN's Kayla Tausche

Recent signs of modest support from top members of the “Uncommitted” movement – a grassroots anti-war effort in Michigan, whose sizeable Muslim and Arab population could be pivotal to the state’s outcome – have given the Harris campaign reason for some optimism, according to two advisers.

The “Uncommitted” leaders have demanded an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and end to supplying military aid to Israel – demands they made in person to Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz during a meeting in early August. The group staged a sit-in at the Democratic National Convention, where 30 members attended as delegates. And in September, “Uncommitted” withheld a direct endorsement from any party, a decision feared to cause its hundreds of thousands of members to withhold votes in the general election as they had in the Democratic primary.

But in the last two weeks, the movement’s leaders have signaled more support for Harris, with one co-chair urging other members to back Harris publicly, too.

Appearing on CNN last week, “Uncommitted” co-chair Abbas Alawieh said he planned to vote for Harris because her policies were not ideal but that former President Donald Trump’s approach, in his view, would be worse.

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[AZLD4Candidate]

9. You actually considered voting for the guy who instituted a muslim ban? You're not pro-palestinian. You're anti-Jewish

go to hell, pal.

[OKIsItJustMe]

13. That's the thing, obviously he wouldn't vote for Trump

Trump accused Biden and Schumer of being like “Palestinians” (and not “in a good way.”)

In what Effed-Up world-view would anyone think that Trump was the better choice for the Palestinian cause?

No, he just wanted to screw with the Democratic nominee, whoever it was, thinking that might win their good will… Uh… right… That’s “politically savvy.”

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-criticized-palestinian-insult-debate-with-biden-2024-06-28/

Trump criticized for 'Palestinian' insult in debate with Biden
By Kanishka Singh
June 28, 20245:51 PM EDTUpdated
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"The only one who wants the war to continue is Hamas," Biden said. Trump responded by saying Biden has "become like a Palestinian," which rights advocates said came across as a slur.

"Actually, Israel is the one (that wants to keep going), and you should let them go and let them finish the job. He (Biden) doesn’t want to do it. He's become like a Palestinian but they don't like him because he's a very bad Palestinian. He's a weak one," Trump said.

On Friday, Trump again used the term 'Palestinian' in a similar way, this time saying in a rally that Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who is Jewish, was Palestinian. "He's become a Palestinian because they have a couple more votes or something," he added.

The Council on American Islamic Relations advocacy group said Biden was wrong to claim that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants the war to end, while adding it viewed Trump's Palestinian comment in the debate as a racist insult.

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[mn9driver]

15. Fuck this guy.

He’s trying to have it both ways. Too little. Too late.