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In reply to the discussion: Muslim Exit Polls [View all]Eko
(8,871 posts)I'm saying what seat did we give them at the table!? None!. What did we say we would do to help assuage their concerns? The same thing that is going on now. "We will continue to work towards ending this we while give Israel 12.5 billion in military aid and 5.7 billion for missile defense in just 2024." When they had friends and family being bombed and killed and made homeless what did we say we would do for them? Nothing. Israel would just keep killing their friends and family while we funded them and we would keep talking about working towards stopping the war. We would change nothing and,,,,,,, we wouldn't even give them a voice in our party. Not even our elected Democrats. We had an Israeli American family who's son was a hostage of hamas speak at the DNC and rightfully so. We didn't have a single Palestinian American speak. Not Michigan congresswoman Rashida Tlaib , not any of the Uncommitted elected Democrats, not any Palestinian American at all. We pretty much just told them to fuck right the hell off and by the way we also expect your votes. For them, what would change? Was Harris giving any kind of plan to stop the war or even put the full pressure on Israel that the US can do with what? 18 billion in aid? Was Harris saying anything that would make someone think that the status quo that has been around since the 70's where we just give money to Israel and they continue to do what they have been doing would change? And yes, I made zero mention of hamas, you know why? My GOVERNMENT does not give 18 billion to them. My GOVERNMENT does not give them access to the highest military hardware out there. And there was not a single candidate that ran that said they wanted to support hamas. This conversation was about the election and people that did not vote at all or like we wanted and last I checked hamas was not part of our election. Everyone in America should have voted for Harris but they didn't but don't act like we gave the Palestinian Americans anything other than the cold shoulder in this election. And last, yes, I think a lot of Palestinians would be happier with the war ending and hamas staying in charge as shitty as that would be. At least they wouldnt be where they are now. Homeless, hungry, thirsty, maimed, wounded and dead. Or are you going to show me how things have been better for them for the last year? In the end I guess it comes down to $18 billion reasons why they thought Harris wasn't going to do anything. But hey, vote for us.
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