Only 17% of Arab American voters say they will vote for Biden in 2024, according to a new poll.

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    “Look, we’re not silly—we know what Trump has done to our communities,” says Amer Zahr, the president of the Dearborn-based New Generation for Palestine. But when it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, he continues, “The policies are basically the same. Except when Trump does it, you get some pushback from the Democratic Party.”

    Positively delusional.

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      Right? Like great, vote for the GOP, they will definitely care about Arab policies. /s

      Foolish and short sighted. Sorry but 2/3 of the US population supports Israel in this conflict, and likely all of the remaining 1/3 is from the young liberal left. Biden is an old democrat, expecting any other result was naive.

      But sure, elect an authoritarian Trump. Then instead of protesting, just get thrown in a camp for not being white and christian.

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        It’s like they’ve forgotten Trump’s policies on Israel that were explicitly reversals of Dem policy during Obama, and even reversals of former, less jingoistically pro-Israel policies of the pre-Obama GOP. Which, mind, were major wins for the far-right government of Bibi which is currently in power in Israel, and eked into power by a fucking thread.

        I guess the great thing about being an American is how well everyone assimilates, regardless of ethnic origin. They’re just following in the long and storied American tradition of being fucking clueless about foreign affairs and having the political memories of goldfish.