DEARBORN, Mich. — Former President Trump is gaining momentum among voters in a Detroit suburb that’s become the center of a growing movement to oppose President Biden’s re-election due to his administration’s handling of the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Dearborn’s large Arab American and Muslim population is expressing deep dissatisfaction with U.S. foreign policy under Biden’s leadership – and that’s seemingly opened a door for Trump. The discontent led the “Listen to Michigan” and “Abandon Biden” movements to gain steam in the community ahead of the state’s Democratic primary in February, with both campaigns encouraging voters to show a lack of support for the president at the polls.
“I ran as a Democrat for an elected position two years ago. In 2020, I voted by writing in Bernie Sanders’ name to show you how far left of the spectrum I was,” Samraa Luqman, who worked as the Abandon Biden co-chair in Michigan, told Fox News Digital. “And for me to sit here today and tell you I’m OK with a Trump presidency; I’m OK with even the thought of going in and voting for Trump in order to oust Biden, which really shows you the level of dismay, disgust and upset that we have towards Biden.”
Luqman is not alone in the growing movement, which also includes area activist Mike Hachem, who has been working to help a movement of Abandon Biden voters toward casting their ballot for Trump.
“Joe Biden has shot the minority vote in the back … especially Arab Americans,” Hachem told Fox News Digital. “He promised us so many things. … He promised us peace. He promised us a stronger Middle East. He promised better diplomacy.”
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Hachem also said that many within his community share values more aligned with the Republican Party, noting that many Arab Americans are socially conservative, while a large percentage of the community are business owners.
Former President Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Waterford, Michigan. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/File)
Combined with the conflict in Gaza, Hachem said many within the community are starting to trend toward support of Trump.
One way voters showed their lack of support was by marking “uncommitted” on their ballots instead of voting for Biden, with more than 100,000 such voters making the selection in the Democrat primary. But Luqman noted that another 30,000 crossed over to the Republican primary and cast a vote for “uncommitted” as well,…
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