The Voters Willing to Abandon Biden Over Gaza

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🗓️ 27 February 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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In the past few weeks, activists in Michigan have begun calling voters in the state, asking them to protest President Biden’s support for the Israeli military campaign in Gaza by not voting for him in the Democratic primary. The activists are attempting to turn their anger over Gaza into a political force, one that could be decisive in a critical swing state where winning in November is likely to be a matter of the slimmest of margins. Jennifer Medina, a political reporter for The Times, explains how the war in Gaza is changing politics in Michigan.

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0:00.0	Okay,
0:02.0	soamalicum, everyone.
0:04.0	My name is Mona Maori, and I think it's so inspiring that we have people from so many different
0:09.4	professions and paths of life and ethnicities,
0:12.4	joining us here today to do the phone banking.
0:15.3	We really want to send a strong message using our voting power to let Biden know that we
0:21.8	strongly reject his aiding and abetting and funding of the genocide
0:25.8	and war in Gaza.
0:29.5	From the New York Times, I'm Sabrina Taverniie, and this is the Daily.
0:33.7	This is Abd Mohammed, and calling from Michigan.
0:36.2	Hi, this is Ian with the Michigan Uncommitted campaign,
0:38.6	and we want to cease-firing Gaza now.
0:40.3	Is this Hussein?
0:41.6	In the past few weeks, activists in Michigan
0:44.8	began calling voters in the state,
0:47.1	asking them to protest President Biden's support
0:50.1	for Israel by not voting for him in the Democratic primary.
0:54.0	Are you planning to vote in the Democratic primary
0:57.0	because we are asking folks to vote uncommitted?
1:00.0	Michigan has one of the largest Arab American populations in the country and the activists are trying to turn its anger over Gaza into a political force.
1:10.0	Biden is not listening to us, so this is the right time to give him message before the general election, okay?
1:16.0	One that could be decisive in this critical swing state, where winning in November will likely be a matter of the slinnest of margins.
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