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"After extensive consultation, discussion, and deliberation, the American Muslim 2024 Election Task Force has decided to encourage American Muslims to vote for any presidential candidate of their choosing who supports a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and a US arms embargo on the Israeli government, such as candidates Dr Jill Stein, Dr Cornel West or Chase Oliver," read the statement, obtained by Middle East Eye.

The statement was written by the American Muslim 2024 Election Task Force, an umbrella group formed this year that consists of a number of prominent Muslim organisations including the political arms of Americans for Justice in Palestine (AJP), Cair, and the US Council of Muslim Organizations.

"We cannot endorse Vice President Kamala Harris’ candidacy because of her refusal to even consider imposing the arms embargo on the Israeli government required by US laws and her failure to promise any other changes whatsoever to President Biden's failed policy of steadfast financial, diplomatic and military support for Israel's genocide in Gaza," the statement read.

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[–] BlucifersVeinyAnus@sh.itjust.works 15 points 23 hours ago (19 children)

Smart.

We should give trump another turn… that’ll be good for Muslims I bet.

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[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Are any of these people actually relevant? Because this is not how you get your way, so I really hope they are not representing any actual constituent communities.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What do you propose Muslim-Americans do to stop genocide?

Either way, Muslim-Americans make up a significant population in Michigan, enough to sway the swing state. Harris is playing with fire with her commitment to maintaining the Party Line on genocide.

[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (13 children)

I think you can figure this one out if you try.

Telling your members to vote third party six weeks before the election is the exact opposite of that.

This is saying “we have no power, we give up”.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Voting for Harris is saying “we have no power, we give up”. It's allowing the Democratic Party to deteriorate further into an imperialist party. They're going to get so much worse if they come to believe they can kill unlimited Palestinians and face zero consequences.

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[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 16 points 23 hours ago

This is basically a self fulfilling prophecy. People are told that they can only vote for one of the two parties which makes every other candidate irrelevant.

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (4 children)

And if they bleed away enough people from Harris, that guarantees a Trump win. A 3rd party cannot win. The only alternative to Harris is Trump.

You know, the guy who wants Israel to kill people faster:

https://apnews.com/article/trump-biden-israel-pr-hugh-hewitt-21faee332d95fec99652c112fbdcd35d

 “They’re losing the PR war. They’re losing it big. But they’ve got to finish what they started, and they’ve got to finish it fast, and we have to get on with life.”

Who wants to revoke the citizenship from Americans:

https://www.aclu.org/documents/trump-administrations-plan-strip-citizenship-thousands-americans

Detain them in concentration camps:

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-does-not-rule-out-building-detention-camps-mass-deportations-2024-04-30/

And do the same thing to Mexico that Israel does to Lebanon:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_occupation_of_Southern_Lebanon

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/donald-trump-mexico-military-cartels-war-on-drugs-1234705804/

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 27 points 1 day ago (65 children)

Sounds like Harris needs to try to win back disaffected Muslim-Americans turned away by her promise to continue genocide.

[–] philo@lemmy.ca -5 points 1 day ago (6 children)

No, it sounds like disaffected people need to stop helping Trump win and start thinking.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ah yes, it's never the candidate's fault. Only the voters can be to blame.

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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 day ago

It sounds like the Democrats need to stop aiding and abetting genocide if they want their votes.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 day ago (16 children)

Easy to say when you aren't the target. It is the job of a politician to win over voters they are shedding.

Your line of thinking is that over half of Muslim-American voters simply "aren't thinking," which borders on racist. Instead, think about why they are doing what they are doing, and how that can change.

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[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 18 points 23 hours ago

Maybe democrats should've thought of that before participating in a genocide.

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