‘They will vote against Harris’: Arab Americans in Michigan desert Democrats over Gaza

www.theguardian.com ‘They will vote against Harris’: Arab Americans in Michigan desert Democrats over Gaza

Hamtramck, population 28,000, has new Trump campaign office weeks from election in hopes of gains in swing state

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Stephen Starr in Hamtramck, Michigan
Mon 14 Oct 2024 11.00 EDT

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-israel-gaza-finish-problem-rcna141905
He said on Oct. 11 that a future Trump administration would “fully support Israel defeating, dismantling, and permanently destroying the terrorist group Hamas,” while telling the Republican Jewish Coalition later that month that Hamas fighters “will burn forever in the eternal pit of hell." That month, his campaign also said that, if elected again, he would bar Gaza residents from entering the U.S. as part of an expanded travel ban.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/04/politics/trump-israel-comments/index.html
Former President Donald Trump said that Israel needs to “finish what they started” and “get it over with fast,” as he continued arguing Israel was “losing the PR war”
“You’ve got to get it over with, and you have to get back to normalcy. And I’m not sure that I’m loving the way they’re doing it, because you’ve got to have victory. You have to have a victory, and it’s taking a long time,” Trump said in an interview with The Hugh Hewitt Show that aired Thursday.
Trump defended comments he made recently in an interview with Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom, in which he said Israel needed to “finish up” its war with Hamas
- Yep, all things the Biden admin is doing.
  
  Yah, and Biden isn't running for president. A lot of people, like Trump, seem to forget that. You asked, he showed then you just answered with what-aboutism.
  
  Harris is his VP and has promised to continue his policies.
  
  Source on her saying she plans to follow all his policies exactly with no changes?
  
  She repeats the Biden admins stance right here.
  
  Fellas, if you repeat the party line, does that mean you're planning on deviating from the party line?
  
  Where are the nuances?

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