After Trump's remarks on Gaza, some in Dearborn, Michigan 'think we screwed up'

[reACTIONary]

Gee, ya think so?

Donald Trump won Dearborn, Michigan, a traditionally Democratic Arab American enclave, thanks largely to outrage over Kamala Harris and the Biden administration’s stance on Israel.

Some are starting to have regrets.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/06/trump-arab-americans-dearborn-michigan-00203018

Arab Americans for Trump, a group that helped with campaign outreach, rebranded itself as Arab Americans for Peace in the hours after Trump said the U.S. would take ownership of Gaza.

[fierywoman]

1. Kamala always made it very clear that she was for a two state solution.

[mwmisses4289]

2. Duh, ya don't say.

Yes, you idjits, you effing screwed up.

[LauraInLA]

3. Now the argument is that Kamala Harris wouldn't support an arms embargo.

[bottomofthehill]

4. As Liz Cheney said

“There will come a day when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain,"

If the shoe fits Dearborn MI and Arab Americans for Trump. You saw his first term, Muslim ban, why would you think he would change. He lied about bands of cheering Muslims on rooftops on 9/11.. he makes shit up, yet you support him. Again, There will come a day when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain,"

[Paladin]

5. Thanks for nothing, assholes. (nt)

[MarineCombatEngineer]

6. Y'all knew what Been A Dick Donald was going to do, he said it loudly and proudly,

so I don't give a shit about your complaints, I'm out of fucks to give.
You helped put this criminal org. back into power and now you're complaining?

Go Fuck Yourselves, you're now reaping what you helped sow, I sure hope it was fucking worth it assholes.

[C0RI0LANUS]

7. Does the Democratic Party want these Arab-American voters for future elections?

There are a handful of elections and primaries in 2025 (there are a few others):

1 Apr: Florida holds two special elections for US House seats.
10 Jun: NJ holds its primary elections for gubernatorial and legislative races.
4 Nov: General elections in NJ, NY, PA, and VA.

In 2026, 33 of 100 US Senate seats will be contested.



I say enough schadenfreude and pissing on Arab-Americans. Let's get them, the Green Party, Communist Party of the US, Code Pink, you name it, into the big tent to fight Trumpf together.






Links:

https://censuscounts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/National_Demographics_SubAncestries-2018.pdf

https://apnews.com/article/2025-elections-calendar-c7d8af00a52e6a772ea53d1f65a67f8c

[Beastly Boy]

9. Do these Arab Americans want Democrats back in the driver's seat, or

are they content with what's going on now?

[Stuckinthebush]

12. It seems they are content. We will see how long that lasts

And while they are critical of Trump, there is no universal feeling in Dearborn that Harris would have been any better.

“For those of us who voted against the Democratic Party, in whatever form that was … we understood that we would get this guy, and we understood that we would have to deal with this kind of stuff,” said Amer Zahr, a progressive activist in Dearborn. “But ultimately we don’t believe that we are to blame for this.

[Beastly Boy]

13. That's quite an oxymoron.

" we understood that we would have to deal with this kind of stuff" and "ultimately we don’t believe that we are to blame for this".

Taking the blame is the natural consequence of dealing with this kind of "stuff". Duh.

[Stuckinthebush]

14. We understood that we might crash the car while driving drunk

But ultimately we don't feel responsible.

[FakeNoose]

15. "We understood that they were the leopards AND they would eat our faces ...

... but that's OKAY! Just don't blame us for this mess."

[Beastly Boy]

8. "Some"? Too little too late, to say the least.

When "most" of the useful idiots who used Palestinians as the excuse to not vote for Kamala step forward with this admission, I may begin to believe their remorse is genuine.

[Aristus]

10. Yeah, guys; the view is spectacularly clear through the retrospectoscope. Nice going.

Now sling your shit together, and help those of us who told you this was going to happen to mitigate the damage you helped cause.

Regrets don't do shit. Stob sobbing and get to work.

[lees1975]

11. Ya think?

I just wonder what these people ever thought they could get by supporting Trump. An Arab-American supporting Trump is like a German Jew in 1938 supporting Hitler.