Muslim anguish over Gaza holds electoral risks for Biden

The Manila Times

Muslim anguish over Gaza holds electoral risks for Biden  Less than a year before the 2024 presidential election, Arab and Muslim American support for US President Joe Biden may drop due to his Middle East policy, potentially affecting some swing states.  Video by AFP  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe    Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes  #worldnews  #politics  #biden  #muslim

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00:00 [ambient traffic noise]

00:07 [indistinct speech]

00:14 Muslims heavily supported in the previous presidential elections

00:18 President Biden and the majority of the Muslims

00:22 overwhelmingly support Democratic Party.

00:26 But the response from President Biden, Secretary Blinken,

00:30 and the whole Democratic Party was very distressing.

00:37 The overwhelming response from the community is

00:40 we are just going to sit out. We are not going to vote.

00:44 I think it is really going to hurt the Democratic Party.

00:49 [indistinct speech]

01:03 Something has fundamentally broken in the hearts of many Muslim and Arab American Democrats.

01:09 They don't see the President treating Palestinian lives and Israeli lives equally.

01:16 Many people see the President as green-lighting the far-right government of Netanyahu and Israel,

01:22 which does not believe in Palestinian human rights,

01:26 which does not believe in Palestinian statehood.

01:29 We are seeing this generation come out into the streets in America at protests and rallies

01:34 because they are a pro-peace and they are an anti-war generation.

01:38 And if we don't have young people turn out like they did in 2020 or 2022 for Democrats,

01:44 I don't see how Democrats or President Biden can win re-elections.

01:49 [indistinct speech]

01:53 Biden has been helping Israel a lot.

01:56 We are losing a lot of family members back home and it has been hurting us.

02:00 It is really sad seeing what is happening.

02:03 The things that are going on right now, Arab people feel like they are in danger right now in America.

02:08 That is how it feels like because some people walk around,

02:13 they are scared to say they are Arab just because of the things that are happening right now.

02:16 [indistinct speech]

02:19 [silence]

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