The Biden-Harris administration has received heavy criticism for its steadfast support for Israel during the war in Gaza that has so far killed more than 40,000 people.
During this week’s DNC, uncommitted delegates descended on Chicago and urged Kamala Harris’s campaign to host a Palestinian American speaker on the main stage at the convention. Abbas Alawieh, a Michigan delegate who is acting as a spokesperson for the uncommitted delegates, said on Wednesday evening that he got a call telling him “the answer is no”.
In response, the delegates – who were elected in state primaries in protest of current president Joe Biden’s support for Israel – staged a small protest outside the United Center on Wednesday night and the group Muslim Women for Harris-Walz announced that it was shuttering its operations.
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