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However, some members of Michigan’s extensive Muslim population said the gesture made Harris’s comments supporting Palestinians seem like little more than lip service.
“It was surprising for us as Arab Americans to have Kamala Harris bringing someone whose family name always reminds us of war crimes in the Middle East,” Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib said Monday. “It was very insulting to our community that she comes with Cheney,” Ghalib continued.
“I don’t know how that is going to help her. … I think it’s just a stupid move. … It can only hurt.” He was not alone in saying the gesture distanced Muslims from the Harris campaign
“It is very, very disappointing and kind of disgusting to bring somebody, to bring Cheney, over here,” Dearborn Heights Mayor Bill Bazzi said. “There’s no peace in the family.” The Council on American-Islamic Relations has said it will not accept Cheney as a supporter of its constituency, according to a statement on its website.
“No elected official who cares about justice or the rule of law or human rights should ever praise Liz Cheney, a torture advocate, anti-Muslim bigot and warmonger,” CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell said. The American Muslim 2024 Election Task Force also condemned the partnership between Harris and Cheney.
“The Harris campaign’s decision to platform Cheney is an insult to every American who worked to oppose the Bush-Cheney administration’s criminal policies and to everyone around the world who died due to those policies,” it said in a statement, according to Newsweek.
I guess to borrow a movie title we could call this The Campaign That Couldn't Shoot Straight!
However, some members of Michigan’s extensive Muslim population said the gesture made Harris’s comments supporting Palestinians seem like little more than lip service.
“It was surprising for us as Arab Americans to have Kamala Harris bringing someone whose family name always reminds us of war crimes in the Middle East,” Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib said Monday. “It was very insulting to our community that she comes with Cheney,” Ghalib continued.
“I don’t know how that is going to help her. … I think it’s just a stupid move. … It can only hurt.” He was not alone in saying the gesture distanced Muslims from the Harris campaign
“It is very, very disappointing and kind of disgusting to bring somebody, to bring Cheney, over here,” Dearborn Heights Mayor Bill Bazzi said. “There’s no peace in the family.” The Council on American-Islamic Relations has said it will not accept Cheney as a supporter of its constituency, according to a statement on its website.
“No elected official who cares about justice or the rule of law or human rights should ever praise Liz Cheney, a torture advocate, anti-Muslim bigot and warmonger,” CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell said. The American Muslim 2024 Election Task Force also condemned the partnership between Harris and Cheney.
“The Harris campaign’s decision to platform Cheney is an insult to every American who worked to oppose the Bush-Cheney administration’s criminal policies and to everyone around the world who died due to those policies,” it said in a statement, according to Newsweek.
I guess to borrow a movie title we could call this The Campaign That Couldn't Shoot Straight!
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