{"id":1488646,"date":"2024-09-08T13:55:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-08T17:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1488646"},"modified":"2024-09-08T13:55:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-08T17:55:00","slug":"gop-pac-runs-ads-in-muslim-heavy-michigan-lauding-harris-for-israel-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/gop-pac-runs-ads-in-muslim-heavy-michigan-lauding-harris-for-israel-support\/1488646\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP PAC Runs Ads In Muslim-Heavy Michigan Lauding Harris For Israel Support"},"content":{"rendered":"

GOP PAC Runs Ads In Muslim-Heavy Michigan Lauding Harris For Israel Support<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hoping to further estrange Michigan’s Muslim voters from Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, a Republican political action committee has launched a clever ad campaign that praises Harris for supporting the State of Israel<\/strong> and for putting “supporters of a free Palestine…in their place.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

A screenshot from a GOP PAC’s ad that praises Kamala Harris for taking sides with Israel over the Palestinians\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The ads are the work of the Future Coalition PAC. Launched in July, its treasurer is Pennsylvania Republican Ray Zaborney<\/a>,\u00a0according to\u00a0Huffington Post<\/a>‘s<\/em> Kevin Robillard, who was first to report the campaign.\u00a0Distributed via digital platforms, the videos feature a female narrator speaking approvingly of Harris:<\/p>\n

\u201cVice President Harris has chosen a side — the right side. Harris has made herself clear: She stands with Israel and the Jewish people. <\/strong>She has, again and again. <\/em><\/p>\n

She understands the unbreakable bond <\/strong>between the U.S. and Israel. So when Netanyahu came to DC, Harris hosted the [Israeli] prime minister at the White House. <\/em><\/p>\n

And when supporters of a free Palestine stood up for Gaza, Harris put them in their place.<\/strong> And supporters of free Palestine? They hate her…because Kamala Harris gets it. You can trust she’ll always support Israel.”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

While it would be difficult to dispute the general accuracy of the messaging, the ads have Michigan Democrats fuming<\/strong>, such as an anonymous operative who vented to Robillard:\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cClearly, this ad is designed to get low-information and low-engagement Arab-American and left-leaning voters to oppose Harris…a classic ratfucking<\/a> operation<\/strong> by a PAC that is helping a former president that\u00a0uses ‘Palestinian’ as a slur.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Along with Pennsylvania, Arizona, Nevada, Georgia, North Carolina and Wisconsin, Michigan is one of seven battleground states that will likely decide the 2024 presidential election.\u00a0<\/strong>It’s also home to one of America’s largest Muslim populations, whose presidential preference could prove decisive in the state. In the current RealClearPolitics<\/em> polling average, Harris leads in Michigan by only 1.5%<\/a>\u00a0—\u00a0less than half the 3.3% lead Biden held at the same time in 2020. He officially won by 2.8%<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

In this year’s Michigan Democratic primary, more than 100,000 Dems voted “uncommitted”<\/a> to protest the Biden-Harris administration’s lopsided support for the State of Israel in its war in Gaza. Since\u00a0that protest vote was\u00a0more than\u00a09 times<\/em>\u00a0Donald Trump’s 10,704-vote margin in his 2016 Michigan win<\/strong> over Hillary Clinton, it alarmed Democratic strategists. The Biden-Harris campaign has since struggled to walk a political tight-rope, attempting to give Muslims an audience on the issue while still reiterating unwavering support for Israel.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Muslims have generally favored the Democratic Party. However, a poll released in August by the Council on American-Islamic Relations found that Harris is the choice of only 29% of Muslims — putting her in a tie with Green Party candidate Jill Stein<\/strong>;\u00a0<\/strong>11% back Trump.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

I wonder why everyone is suddenly ganging up on Jill Stei\u2013 pic.twitter.com\/4crtb3kSfj<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Abandon Harris (@Abandonbiden24) September 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n

The sneaky GOP ad’s line about Harris putting vocal supporters of a free Palestine “in their place”<\/strong> refers to an Aug. 7 incident at a Harris rally in Detroit, in which pro-Palestinian protesters interrupted her speech with chants of “Kamala, Kamala you can\u2019t hide! We won\u2019t vote for genocide.\u201d<\/a> Harris reflexively resorted to her trusty two-word debate line that exhilarates low-IQ leftists with its sheen of phony feminism, stating, “You know what, if you want Donald Trump to win, then say, that, otherwise I’m speaking<\/em>.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Harris proceeded to stare down the protesters as if they were wearing MAGA hats<\/strong> and waving Confederate flags<\/strong>, rather than advocating for millions of civilians being subjected to devastation, disease and malnutrition.\u00a0According to Palestinian authorities, the confirmed death toll from Israel’s 11-month-long attack on Gaza exceeds 40,000<\/a>. However, researchers writing in the medical journal Lancet<\/em><\/a> estimate the eventual tally of dead could surpass 186,000<\/a><\/strong>, after factoring in the removal of undiscovered bodies in rubble, and the long-term effects from starvation, disease and destroyed housing and sanitation facilities.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

In Detroit, after protestors for the Palestinian cause disrupted her speech for a second time, Vice-President Kamala Harris says:<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know what? If you want Donald Trump to win, then say that, otherwise I\u2019m speaking.\u201d<\/p>\n

When the protestors had disrupted her speech moments\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/d25rr6iWSk<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Yashar Ali \ud83d\udc18 (@yashar) August 8, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n

While Harris’ “I’m speaking” routine left the likes of vacuous New York Times<\/em> columnists positively starry-eyed<\/a>, Harris’ directive that pro-Palestinian protesters should be silent so as to assure Democratic control of the White House left many Michigan Muslims incensed<\/strong>, including one of the protesters at the rally. “Harris belittled us and used her event as a platform to say, \u2018You are stuck with me and there is nothing we will do to help Palestinians\u2019,\u201d Salma Hamamy told Foreign Policy<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Joe Biden has long been a zealous backer of Israel. In 1986, he infamously — and bewilderingly — declared from the Senate floor, “Were there not an Israel, the United States of America would have to invent an Israel to protect her interests in the region.”<\/a>\u00a0In the wake of the Oct 7 Hamas attack on southern Israel, the Biden White House has poured weapons into the Israeli Defense Forces arsenal<\/strong>, while providing diplomatic cover at the United Nations — to the detriment of America’s reputation in much of the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Harris has done nothing to distance herself from Biden’s policies on Israel and Palestine<\/strong>. Her official campaign site doesn’t spell out any stance on the conflict — or any other issue, for that matter<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m speaking.” – Kamala Harris pic.twitter.com\/G6pyR4mc5H<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Empire Of Lies (@berningman16) September 1, 2024<\/a>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nSun, 09\/08\/2024 – 09:55<\/span><\/p>\n

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