DEARBORN, MI — Former President Donald Trump is gaining support among voters in the city who are dissatisfied with the Biden administration’s handling of the Israeli-Hamas conflict in the Gaza Strip.
“It’s not like we can look at this and say, ‘What is the worst of two evils, or the lesser of two evils?’ There is no greater evil than genocide,” Biden said. Samra Lukman, who served as Abandoned Co-Chairman, said. he told Fox News Digital from Michigan. “And Biden has proven capable of greater evil.”
The comments came as Detroit’s suburbs have become the epicenter of a growing movement to resist President Biden’s re-election, with many Arab Americans and Muslims living in the city under the president’s leadership. has expressed strong dissatisfaction with US foreign policy.
Those frustrations have given rise to the “Listen to Michigan” and “Abandon Biden” movements in Dearborn ahead of the state’s Democratic primary in February, with both movements showing no signs of voting for the president at the polls. He urged voters to demonstrate their lack of support for the
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One of the ways voters show their lack of support is by marking their ballots as “uncommitted” instead of voting for Biden, and more than 100,000 such voters made their choice in the Democratic primary. Ta. But Lukman points out that an additional 30,000 people participated in the Republican primary and voted “uncommitted” as well, adding that these typically reliable Democratic voters turned to Republicans to eliminate Biden. He pointed out that the message was that he was prepared to vote for the
Lukman said the Abandon Biden movement is focused on defeating Biden in the general election by any means necessary, including voting for Trump. Lukman herself is seriously considering such a vote, despite the vast differences between her and her former president.
Former President Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Waterford, Michigan. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/File)
“I ran for office as a Democrat two years ago, and in 2020 I voted with Bernie Sanders’ name on it to show how far left I was,” Lukman said. “And for me to sit here today and say I’m okay with President Trump, I’m okay with even the idea of voting for Trump to oust Biden, but this really shows the level of disappointment. The disgust and upset we have towards Biden.”
Lukman is not the only member of the growing movement, which also includes community activist Mike Hackem, who is working to support the movement to get Biden voters to abandon their votes for Trump. are doing.
“Joe Biden overtook the minority vote, especially Arab Americans,” Hankem told Fox News Digital. “He promised us so many things. … He promised us peace. He promised us to strengthen the Middle East. He promised better diplomacy. I promised.”
Hankem also said many in the community share values close to the Republican Party, and while many Arab Americans are socially conservative, a large portion of the community are business owners. He pointed out that.
Coupled with the Gaza conflict, many people in the Gaza Strip are starting to support Trump, Hachem said.
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Much of the backlash against Biden in Dearborn has centered on the president’s support for Israel during its attack on Gaza, with many area voters arguing that the continued siege amounts to genocide.
Anger over the war has also led to controversial statements from activists in Dearborn, with one activist shouting “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” to rallygoers at a rally on the last Friday of Ramadan. There were times when I took the lead.
Lexis Zeidan, spokesperson for Listen to Michigan, will speak about the group’s work on presumptive Democratic candidates at a press conference on February 28, 2024. (Mostafa Basim/Anadolu via Getty Images)
In the aftermath of the rally, the Biden campaign denounced this rhetoric and told Fox News Digital that it doesn’t want the votes of people making chants. Meanwhile, the Trump campaign has not said whether it would welcome the support of those who made the chant.
Lukman said the people making the chants don’t represent the entire Dearborn community, but even though Biden welcomes all support, he said he received a lot of votes from local residents. He also said that it would not be possible.
“He will be able to draw Jesus and restore all the lives that were lost,” Lukman said of Biden. “And I would consider voting for him again. But other than that. There’s really not much he can do.”
On the last day of Ramadan, Muslim demonstrators in Michigan chant “Death to America” and “Death to Israel”.
That disdain is shared by many activists and religious leaders in the Dearborn area, who say the president has permanently fallen out of favor.
Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi said many in the Dearborn Heights community stopped voting for President Biden altogether this November. Elahi also told Fox News Digital that he is open to the possibility of voting for former President Trump. (Michael Lee/Fox News Digital)
“For many people, this is already out the window,” Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi of the House of Islamic Wisdom told Fox News Digital about the idea that local voters could swing back to supporting Biden. Told.
Elahi also expressed some openness to supporting Trump, but said he wanted to see how the situation in Gaza develops between now and November before making a final decision. .
Another Dearborn-area religious leader, Sufjan Nabhan, executive director of the Islamic Center of Detroit, told Fox News Digital that he feels “betrayed” by Biden and cannot support his re-election bid in November. . Instead, he argued, Democrats should nominate another candidate with a different policy on support for Israel.
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Abed Ayoub, national executive director of the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, told Fox News that while it’s possible that some in the Dearborn community will turn to support Trump, it’s unlikely that such voters will form a majority. told Digital. As for Biden, he added that it will be difficult for the president to regain community support.
Abdullah Hammoud, the mayor of Dearborn, Michigan, helped promote the “no-commit” vote in the Michigan Democratic presidential primary in February. (Getty/File)
“Frankly, I don’t think our community will vote for Biden,” Ayoub said, arguing that voters will no longer allow Democrats to campaign on not Trump.
“Trump’s threat of a second term is no longer available to voters, especially in our community,” Ayub said.
Ronald Stockton, a professor emeritus at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, told Fox News Digital that it will be difficult for Biden to win back the votes of residents in the Dearborn community, saying even if they agree on other policy issues, their He claimed that he could not overcome his dissatisfaction.Regarding the President’s response to Gaza.
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“That’s not enough,” Stockton said. “I don’t know what Biden can do. He thinks, ‘I can mobilize people based on all these other issues.'” I don’t think that’s enough. ”
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