A campaign to get Michigan Democrats to vote against incumbent President Joe Biden in the state’s February 27 primary has just gained a new supporter, Rep. Rashida Tlaib.Congresswoman Tlaib, the daughter of Palestinian immigrants, has been an outspoken supporter of the Palestinian cause and was censured by the House last year for her pro-Palestinian comments, including her use of the controversial phrase “from the river to the sea.”
Her office didn’t respond to Business Insider’s February 9 questions about the campaign, but she released the endorsement just over a week later.
The news comes after the Biden White House sent officials to speak with Michigan Arab-American and Muslim leaders earlier this month.
There are concerns that dissatisfaction with Biden’s foreign policy could hurt him in Michigan, which Biden won in 2020 by less than 3% and Hillary Clinton lost to Trump by less than 11,000 votes in 2016.2020 Census data shows that more than 300,000 people of Middle Eastern and North African descent live in the state, which will likely be key to the president’s reelection campaign.
Muslim voters voted 64% to 35% for Biden in 2020, according to the AP.Tlaib’s endorsement of the strategy is the latest roadbump for the Biden campaign, though it is unlikely to threaten his hold on the primary for the state, where he is the only candidate other than Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips.Biden’s administration is supporting plans to send an additional $14 billion in aid to Israel on top of the billions of dollars the US spends every year.
"Tlaib’s responded to the policy of her own party’s leader by opposing efforts to give aid to Israel as a legislator and working with labor unions like the UAW who have endorsed a cease-fire.
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A campaign to get Michigan Democrats to vote against incumbent President Joe Biden in the state’s February 27 primary has just gained a new supporter, Rep. Rashida Tlaib.Congresswoman Tlaib, the daughter of Palestinian immigrants, has been an outspoken supporter of the Palestinian cause and was censured by the House last year for her pro-Palestinian comments, including her use of the controversial phrase “from the river to the sea.”
Her office didn’t respond to Business Insider’s February 9 questions about the campaign, but she released the endorsement just over a week later.
The news comes after the Biden White House sent officials to speak with Michigan Arab-American and Muslim leaders earlier this month.
There are concerns that dissatisfaction with Biden’s foreign policy could hurt him in Michigan, which Biden won in 2020 by less than 3% and Hillary Clinton lost to Trump by less than 11,000 votes in 2016.2020 Census data shows that more than 300,000 people of Middle Eastern and North African descent live in the state, which will likely be key to the president’s reelection campaign.
Muslim voters voted 64% to 35% for Biden in 2020, according to the AP.Tlaib’s endorsement of the strategy is the latest roadbump for the Biden campaign, though it is unlikely to threaten his hold on the primary for the state, where he is the only candidate other than Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips.Biden’s administration is supporting plans to send an additional $14 billion in aid to Israel on top of the billions of dollars the US spends every year.
"Tlaib’s responded to the policy of her own party’s leader by opposing efforts to give aid to Israel as a legislator and working with labor unions like the UAW who have endorsed a cease-fire.
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