{"id":20890,"date":"2023-12-01T03:49:56","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T09:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=20890"},"modified":"2023-12-01T03:50:01","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T09:50:01","slug":"report-bidens-handling-of-the-israel-hamas-war-could-endanger-his-reelection-in-swing-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=20890","title":{"rendered":"Report: Biden\u2019s Handling of the Israel-Hamas War Could Endanger His Reelection in Swing States"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

President Joe Biden\u2019s handling of the Israel-Hamas war could be endangering<\/a> Biden\u2019s reelection in the \u201cmajority of 2024 swing states,\u201d a report warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axios reported that swing states Michigan, Virginia, Georgia, Arizona, and Pennsylvania all have notable pockets of Arab and Muslim Americans, who are angered by Biden\u2019s handling of the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report noted that \u201ceven tiny shifts of support in any of these super-tight states that Biden won in 2020 could make a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, the report states that Biden won by 154,000 votes in Michigan \u2014 below the state\u2019s Arab American population of at least 278,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Arizona, Biden reportedly won by 10,500 votes, well below the Arab American population of an estimated 60,000. The number of Arab Americans in Georgia is at least 57,000, and Biden only reportedly won by 11,800 votes. And the estimates of Arab Americans could be low, the report notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axios quoted two Arab Americans, including the publisher of The Arab American News \u2014 the largest and oldest Arab American newspaper in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUnless Biden turns into Jesus Christ and brings some Palestinians back from the dead, we\u2019re not supporting him. It\u2019s over,\u201d Osama Siblani said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why it matters: It\u2019s another case of Biden facing possible defections from heavily Democratic groups that in 2020 helped him take down former President Donald Trump, Biden\u2019s likely opponent again next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like with young voters, Biden faces the prospect of having to devote time to saving part of his base in addition to courting swing voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Siblani said he was telling voters not to vote for a presidential candidate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cVote down-ballot, but don\u2019t vote for Biden, and especially not for Trump,\u201d he said. \u201cBiden lost our vote, and you\u2019re going see Michigan and Georgia change.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Samia Assed, a Palestinian American peace activist in Albuquerque, told Axios she worries that some Arab Americans might not vote in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt has been numbing to us. I feel very depressed,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biden has leaned on Israel to implement temporary ceasefires to allow for the release of hostages and for aid to be delivered to Gaza. But Israel has shown no indication it will not continue its military campaign against Hamas for launching a mass terrorist attack inside Israel that killed more than 1,200 in one day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has also reportedly met with Arab American leaders and his administration has held \u201clistening sessions\u201d at various government agencies with upset staffers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Breitbart<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President Joe Biden\u2019s handling of the Israel-Hamas war could be endangering Biden\u2019s reelection in the \u201cmajority of 2024 swing states,\u201d a report warned. Axios reported that swing states Michigan, Virginia, Georgia, Arizona, and Pennsylvania all have notable pockets of Arab and Muslim Americans, who are angered by Biden\u2019s handling of the war. The report noted that \u201ceven […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":20891,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1169,24673,23141,24674,1239,2891,22356,22372,1385],"class_list":["post-20890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-biden","tag-endanger","tag-hamas","tag-handle","tag-israel","tag-politics","tag-re-election","tag-swing-states","tag-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20890"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20892,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20890\/revisions\/20892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}