Are Arabs in Michigan Really Prepared to Hand the Presidency Back to Donald Trump? In a Word: Yes.

Not everyone in the Arab world looks favorably upon Palestine. They don’t care that Trump plans to escalate the genocide.

So if they either don't care about Palestine or want to escalate the genocide, then why the hell do they care about Biden's handling of the situation in the first place?

At best, they should be indifferent, no?

A lot of them are socially/fiscally conservative. Just because the Republicans lean overwhelmingly Christian doesn’t mean that their values differ entirely from Islam. Anyone who hates abortion, gay/trans people, and wants to keep drugs criminalized will be more inclined to vote Republican despite the widespread islamophobia.

This is a classic example of voting against their own interests.

The anti-Biden campaign, which is taking advantage of the Israel-Palestine conflict, has been successful at convincing voters, even if they are unwittingly voting against their own self-interest. The Republicans are good at that, such as how effectively they sway members of the working class towards supporting rich oligarchs and racial minorities to vote for racist candidates.

This is very true. If you can say one thing about the GOP, they're specialists at getting the message out and convincing people to vote against their own interests.

And what do they think is going to happen with Trump? A man who has already gone on record saying he'd do that and more?

Like I've repeatedly said, I understand and even support their point of view regarding Biden. But their only alternative is exponentially worse, and voting for Trump because you're pissed off at Biden is a textbook example of cutting off your own nose to spite your face.

So who's fault is it when Trump is elected and gives Israel everything they need to make the current genocide look like a schoolyard spat by comparison?

Your logic is a prime example of cutting your nose off to spite your face.

Hey, nobody is arguing that Biden isn't being a fucking idiot about Isreal... but in every way that Biden is bad Trump is worse.

Attempting to "hold Biden accountable" by supporting, advocating for, and voting for someone who has already gone on record as saying he wants to do even worse is probably not going to work out the way you think it will.

I understand the position that people are in. It's pretty much Sophie's Choice. Vote for Biden, who's supporting an ally that is currently committing genocide, or vote for Trump, who says he'll genocide harder. Or stay home and vote for nobody, and end up with Trump anyway. There's no good options here. I get that.

Nobody wants to vote for a man who says "Vote for me and I'll kill your wife". But at the same time, the counter to that isn't to advocate for the opponent who's saying "Vote for me and I'll kill your wife, your kids, and I'll piss on your dog while I'm doing it." I'm not saying I know what the best option is, but I know that Trump of all people certainly isn't it and will just make the problem much worse.

He doesn't actually have that power directly, no.

Congress holds the power of the purse. If congress appropriates the money, the president is legally obligated to spend that money for the reason that it was appropriated. (It's called impoundment of appropriated funds.) This is why Trump was impeached the first time; he tried to withhold funding from Ukraine--before Russia invaded--that had already been appropriated by congress unless he got personal quid pro quo from Zelensky. Trump did not have the legal authority to withhold that funding, and hence was impeached for corruption.

Similarly, Biden can't withhold money appropriated for Israel. He can, at best, veto the appropriations bill, which would send it back to Congress to be overridden. (Given that it passed 79-21 in the Senate--I can find the House vote tallies at the moment--it is highly likely that his veto would be overridden.) Should he do it anyways? Sure. But it would be purely symbolic.

The only options Biden has are diplomatic, which he is exercising. He could arguably use the military to invade, but congress would pull him up short on that very fast. Could he do more diplomatically? Yes, definitely. Can he unilaterally stop Israel? Categorically no.

yeah but funny thing is IT'S NOT DEMS HOLDING THE COUNTRY HOSTAGE, it's dems offering the country a way out from madness. the "it gets trump again" - he's the GOP candidate for fuck's sake.

you act like the dems get to elect both candidates just to upset you.

Always talking about nice sound bites, kindness, and world peace while stabbing you in the back as soon as it’s time to make laws and just sitting back while police kill you.

The kicker on their hippy-punching cheerleading is that there's perfect examples of kumbaya liberalism in the universities that negotiated. They didn't even necessarily commit to divestment, just all came together and talked with empathy to resolve an issue with people that even in the liberal manufactured consent framing are at worst being misled. But liberalism isn't actually their driving ethos, it's maintaining power for themselves and for existing structures, and for that, hippy punching is exactly the result they want. The protesters' greatest sin isn't some trumped up charge of antisemitism, it's challenging their superiors.

Please explain how electing a Republican in 6 months could possibly lower their families chances tomorrow. People not pressuring Biden are telling them don't worry six months from now you can keep things exactly as bad for your family as they are now, but if you don't we promise it will get even worse.

0 opportunity to improve things and a fat chance to make them worse, gee I wonder why they're not sold. Dead is dead, and we are asking them to give us six months of waiting on the off chance that things would be worse the other way.

I just want you to remember that at least you didn’t vote democrat when we’re being shelled by Amazon for revolting inside Amazon City C417-982.

Firstly, I plan on voting for a democrat. Secondly, I live in oregon so it doesn't matter. Thirdly, if you're relying on democrats to save you from excesses of corporate power I don't think you understand the democrats very well.

I'm just saying what my comment said: there's no justification in blaming arab-americans for the obviously flawed decision making of the democratic party.

Ah, so it's just a troll headline because what they meant to say is that there are Americans in Michigan who will vote for Trump. No shit?

And the answer is yes,” Amer Zahr, a Palestinian American comedian and Dearborn local, told me

Now, here we go... they're actually talking about Palestinians specifically.

What a political sham of an article...