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    Harris Supporters Scapegoat Arab, Muslim Voters for Trump Victory

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    Many Arab and Muslim voters did not support Kamala Harris because of Washington’s support for Israel’s war in Gaza (Getty)

    As the United States reacts to the results of the Nov. 5 election, some Democratic Party supporters have directed their ire at Arab and Muslim voters for opposing Vice President Kamala Harris for her support of Israel’s wars in Gaza and Lebanon. .

    This despite the fact that polls show that the president-elect donald trump He surpassed his Democratic rival in many sectors and currently leads the popular vote by about 4.5 million votes.

    Among the key statistics that have emerged, a NBC News The exit poll conducted with several other media outlets found that 57 percent of white Americans voted for Trump.

    According to an Edison Research poll, Trump increased his support from 2020 among Hispanic voters by 14 percentage points, winning 46 percent of the vote in that demographic.

    Among Muslim voters, less than half voted for Harris, according to an exit poll conducted by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). The Biden-Harris administration’s support for Israel’s war in Gaza, where more than 43,000 Palestinians have been killed since October 2023, was a key issue that led many veteran Democrats to abstain, support Trump or choose third-party candidates.

    In the battleground state of Michigan, home to the cities with the largest Arab-American populations, there was a clear backlash against Harris.

    Dearborn, a city whose population is 55 percent Arab, voted more than 42 percent for Trump, while 36 percent chose Harris. Voice of America reported. In the last presidential election, nearly 70 percent of the Arab-majority city voted for Joe Biden.

    While the numbers show that Harris has failed to achieve broad appeal in American society, some have chosen to scapegoat Arab and Muslim voters for the defeat.

    Several anonymous accounts supporting Harris made bigoted statements, with one expressing hope that Trump would turn Gaza into a “parking lot.”

    “When Gaza disappears from the map, they will have your vote for Trump as a thank you,” said one X user.

    However, in response, many highlighted that, with the support and military aid of the Biden-Harris administration, most of Gaza has been razed to the ground by Israel, accused of carrying out genocide.

    Other Harris supporters criticized those who decided to support third-party candidates, particularly the Green Party. Jill Stein.

    “Well, non-voters and third-party voters in Michigan. Particularly in the Arab communities. They gave Trump and Netanyahu the green light to destroy Palestine and ruined democracy in the United States. But are the principles right?” wrote a user

    Stein won 22 percent of the vote in Arab-majority Dearborn, but only 0.4 percent of the national vote. Many observers have highlighted that Harris would not have yet managed to secure the presidency due to her performance in key states.

    “Even if all Green Party voters had voted for Harris, Trump would still have won every battleground state,” one X user wrote.

    Responding to the accusations, many in the anti-Harris camp highlighted how the Democratic candidate had made a series of mistakes regarding the Arab and Muslim communities.

    “As it stands, Harris is on track to lose Michigan by about 80,000 votes. There are 200,000 Muslim voters in that state. I really hope it was worth it to send Ritchie Torres and Bill Clinton into these communities to berate them and antagonize them “wrote an

    In the run-up to the election, Clinton gave a speech in Michigan in which she appeared to justify Israel’s murder of tens of thousands of Palestinians, while citing the Bible as evidence of Israel’s claim to historic Palestine.

    “They wanted to kill Israelis and make Israel uninhabitable. Well, I have news for you. They were there before it existed…their faith existed,” Clinton said. “They were there in the time of King David, in the southernmost tribes of Judea and Samaria,” he added, using the biblical names often used by Zionist supporters of settlements in the occupied West Bank.

    Social media users also highlighted how Harris’ campaign rejected requests from Arab-Americans to speak at campaign rallies, while Trump, despite his history of anti-Muslim rhetoric, sought endorsements from Arabs and Muslims.

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