Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for president, fired back at pro-Palestinian protesters of Israel’s war in Gaza as they interrupted her speech during a Wednesday night campaign rally in Detroit.

“You know what? If you want Donald Trump to win, then say that. Otherwise, I’m speaking,” Harris said with a long stare, drawing loud cheers from supporters in the crowd before chants of, “Not going back!”

  • @funkforager@sh.itjust.works
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    All these trolls asking “why should we think Kamala will be better than Geno-Joe?” need to use their fucking search engines.

    Here’s the first result on DDG when you look up “muslim support kamala endorsement” tells you your answer. She is not what you’re saying. Six days ago.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/black-muslim-group-endorses-harris-after-its-uncommitted-stance-on-biden/ar-BB1r3wqB

    TL;DR: the US Muslim groups that formed for the purpose of adding pressure on Biden to stop supporting the Israeli offensive in Gaza through things like the “Uncommitted” vote have ENDORSED KAMALA as the person they believe to be most empathetic to their cause.

    So the people actually meeting with the president and senior officials say she’s not what these trolls are saying in this thread.

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      https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/07/25/statement-by-vice-president-kamala-harris-3/

      She literally implied Jewish Americans protesting in DC were associates of Hamas and further implied they’re Anti-Semites. This was just two weeks ago when Netanyahu was at the Capitol giving a speech to his clapping seals (a record number of standing ovations for genocide). What the fuck are you on about?

      Mind you, we are talking about Kamala’s statements. Not a random group’s that nobody’s ever heard of.

      • @funkforager@sh.itjust.works
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        That statement you linked is about a specific incident in a specific protest that happened one time in DC at Union Station where flags were burned and pro hamas graffiti went up. That is not the blanket statement you say she is implying. It’s about that specific group of protesters who left those specific messages.

        So whatever you’re arguing please take a step back and think “how can I actually get these people to help my cause?” And what you will conclude is that talking to her face to face in a dedicated meeting with all your talking points and evidence at hand with all your expertise is going to give you more success.

        And look and behold I linked above the actual organization of black Muslim communities and their leadership here who are doing just that. Talking to her and sharing evidence and expertise with a plan to find actionable solutions.

        And what’s this? They are saying that working with her is going well and they are endorsing her as the candidate who should win in November.

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      They’ve pinned their hopes on her, because who else can they turn to? If your priority is campaigning for an end to the genocide, then of course you’d say that.

      Sadly, her national security advisor just tweeted this today, so I’d say those of us who predicted Harris would just take Biden’s policy and give it a more sympathetic face are already looking to be proven correct:

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      This has nothing to do with religion. The genocide is targeting Palestinians, not Muslims. Christian and atheist Palestinians are being murdered, kidnapped, and tortured the same as all Palestinians.