Dearborn, Michigan –President Biden is in danger of becoming a one-term “model” for other Democrats, according to the leader of a movement to abandon the incumbent president at the polls because of his handling of the Middle East conflict.
“Biden is an example of that,” Lexis Zeidan, one of the organizers and a spokesperson for Listen to Michigan, told Fox News Digital. “Let the Democratic Party know that even in a negative election, for those members who are not pro-Palestinian and want a ceasefire, their position is at stake.”
The comments came as the Detroit suburb of Dearborn has become a major center of resistance to Biden’s re-election bid. In last month’s Michigan primary, more than 100,000 voters did not support Biden as the Democratic nominee and marked their ballots as “irresponsible,” far more than the organization expected. said Zeidan.
“We went into the primary hoping or aiming to win the 10,000 unconfirmed votes that President Trump won in 2016,” Zeidan said. “And in the end, we were able to get over 101,000 unconfirmed votes and two delegates in District 12 and District 6 heading into the national convention.”
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Lexis Zeidan, spokesperson for the group Listen to Michigan, speaks at a press conference held by the group the day after the Michigan presidential primary on February 28, 2024 in Dearborn, Michigan. (Mostafa Basim/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The Biden campaign did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Biden’s re-election bid is largely due to the president’s response to Israel’s war in Gaza, a response to the October 7 attack on the Jewish state by the terrorist organization Hamas, which receives financial and material support from Iran. It originates from.
But many activists in Dearborn, the city with the highest per capita Muslim population in the country, have vocally opposed Israeli tactics since the war began.
Zeidan, who is now a spokesperson for the national Irresponsibility Movement, also placed much of the blame for these tactics on Biden, saying he allowed the president to “use our tax dollars to finance genocide.” claimed that it had been done.
“For too long, people have been presented with the lesser of two evils. What you’re seeing is a wave of young voters, diverse voter groups, anti-war voters saying, ‘It’s us.’ “I’m no longer satisfied with this option.”[.]””
Michigan-based activist claims Biden has the “authority to take a call at the outset” of Israel’s campaign to “ensure a durable ceasefire that will save lives on both sides” did.
On the last day of Ramadan, Muslim demonstrators in Michigan chant “Death to America” and “Death to Israel”.
“Instead, he continued to provide munitions and aid to a far-right fascist government that was literally committing war crimes,” Zeidan said.
Zeidan said the movement is spreading from Dearborn to key battleground states such as Wisconsin, a battleground state that will determine the fate of this year’s election.
Lexis Zeidan spoke out about her group Listen to Michigan and their efforts to persuade Democrats to vote “irresponsible” in the Democratic presidential primary as a rebuke to President Biden on his foreign policy toward Israel. talk about (Mike Leigh/Fox News Digital)
Those involved in the movement know that success could ultimately lead to a victory for former President Trump, and Zeidan said the outcome will not stop her work.
“For too long, people have been presented with the lesser of two evils,” Zeidan said. “What you’re seeing is a wave of young voters, diverse voter groups, and anti-war voters saying, ‘We’re not going to settle for this option anymore, the lesser of two evils.’ Be brave, and be brave, too, to weaponize fear against our belief that all people have the right to live in a world where they can experience self-determination and freedom. I’ll tell you I can’t do it.”
Lexis Zeidan (right) is active in a nationwide effort to get Democrats to vote “no vote” in the presidential primary as a rebuke to President Biden. (Getty Images)
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Zeidan said the message was aimed specifically at Democrats, who believe they can’t win elections just by claiming they’re better than the alternative.
“We will no longer spend our time, money and energy organizing in support of elected officials and presidents who do not believe in anti-war, peace and pro-Palestinian views,” Zeidan said. Ta.
