I recently wrote why I would not vote for Kamala Harris:
There is no sugarcoating this: our war policies have been responsible for tens of thousands of lost American lives as well as millions of innocent foreign civilians. More often than not, these wars have backfired and made America less safe.
The priority of the Democrats and Kamala Harris has proven to be the continued escalation of global wars. She ended her convention speech with an aggressive war-mongering promise, “I will always ensure America has the strongest, most lethal fighting force in the world.”
This is the dilemma anti-war voters face.
Opinion: As an anti-war voter, I refuse to support either Trump or Harris. Opinion by Blake Fleetwood, The Hill, 10/15/2024
Loss of Democratic support
There has been increasing attention to the loss of Democratic support in Muslim and pro-Palestinian communities. Especially in the swing state of Michigan.
Vice President Kamala Harris is zeroing in on Michigan this week amid concerns that the crisis in Gaza could cost her votes among the battleground state’s Muslim-American community.
Harris Visits Michigan as Campaign Faces Gaza-Related Threats on All Fronts. Story by Andrew Stanton, Newsweek, 10/15/2024
My Plea to Kamala
Michael Moore’s newsletter today explains this very well. My Plea to Kamala.
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Those of us from Michigan have serious concerns about you possibly losing Michigan — and we just can’t let that happen. We fear you may not have the whole picture that we see here on the ground. This is why we are reaching out to you.
The grief over this is felt by the 200,000 to 300,000 Arab and/or Muslim Americans who live in Michigan. Many have either lost loved ones in Gaza or live with the daily fear that their families and friends still in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon are in a constant state of terror and in fear of losing their lives. It has profoundly affected them, our neighbors here in Michigan. And it will deeply affect this election on November 5th.
Since Israel’s invasion of Gaza a year ago, the Arab vote in Michigan for Joe Biden — and now you — has tanked. That 70% support number in the polls has dropped to as low as 12% in one recent Michigan poll.
The good news — is that Trump has not picked up many of these Arab American votes. The bad news is that it seems the vast majority of Arab voters in Michigan are either going to stay home or they will show up to vote but leave the ‘president’ line blank. Some will vote 3rd party. As Michelle Goldberg wrote in The New York Times, “Lose Michigan, Lose the White House.”
Vice President Harris: Your perceived silence and lack of action, your lack of a plan, your continued repetition of the party line — “We are close to a ceasefire!” — as if it’s just around the corner when we all know (because we all know Bibi) that that is not going to happen — rings hollow, and it has cost you an active base of support in Michigan.
We believe this disaster can be prevented. The solution is simple and doable. It does not require you to be critical of President Biden. It simply asks that you side with the American people who in every poll have said that they do not support this war and they want an immediate ceasefire. You have eloquently called for this ceasefire. Why has it not been heard by the voters in Michigan? Why have thousands of Black and young adult voters joined now in sympathy and solidarity with their Arab and Muslim neighbors, co-workers, and fellow students throughout Michigan? Maybe it’s just because that’s who we are. This does not bode well for you and we want to fix this right now.
My Plea to Kamala by Michael Moore, substack, 10/16/2024
Michael Moore then provides an extensive list of actions that can be done to get Muslim and pro-Palestinian support. See: My Plea to Kamala
unflinching 