In Dearborn, Rashida Tlaib Did Nearly Twice as Well as Kamala Harris
In Dearborn, Rashida Tlaib Did Nearly Twice as Well as Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris wouldn’t distance herself from the Biden’s support of Israel’s war on Gaza. Rashida Tlaib railed against it — and won the Michigan city.
Doesn't Dearborn have the most Arabs per capita in all the US?
Edit: yes indeed. Gee, I wonder why Tlaib did so well there. Truly a mystery. What's next, Utah voting for Mormons more than any other state?
Dearborn has the proportionally largest Muslim population in the United States and the largest mosque in North America. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dearborn,_Michigan#Ethnic_groups
It's not just about being Arab. It's about what she stands for
Jill Stein also did well in Dearborn. She got 18% of the vote. (Jill Stein is not Arab.)
Rashida Tlaib didn't outperform Harris because people's highest priority is Palestine (it really fucking isn't). She outperformed Harris because she's a progressive/socialist and people are sick and tired of the neoliberal status quo fucking them over.
Rashida Tlaib didn’t outperform Harris because people’s highest priority is Palestine (it really fucking isn’t)
You really don't think that the city with the most Arabs per capita in the country (and probably all the Americas) had a particular axe to grind about Gaza?
Exactly
And with the support they indirectly gave trump even more people will be slaughtered.
Not just in Palestine.
The right are warming up the bulldozers and digging mass graves.
On the one hand, yes. On the other hand, Dearborn was not going to be sufficient to make up the difference here, and I'm skeptical you could even extrapolate that trend out to Arab Americans across the country and come out with a different outcome. Post pandemic inflation and the billionaire capture of all of our communications and media decided this election years ago