‘Squad’ member Rashida Tlaib voted for ‘uncommitted’ rather the President Joe Biden, as she blasted policies she said had the U.S. funding ‘genocide.’
Tlaib posted a video on X as she walked away from a polling place, on a day when numerous Arab American voters followed the lead of activists pushing the ‘uncommitted’ vote on the Demoratic ballot as a way to deliver a message the Israel-Hamas war and demand a ceasefire.
‘I was proud today to walk in and pull a Democratic ballot and vote uncommitted,’ the Michigan Democrat and Palestinian American lawmaker said in video, which she shot from below while walking.
‘President Biden is not hearing us. This is the way we can use our democracy to say “listen. Listen to Michiga,”‘ she said, using the slogan of one of the groups pushing the effort.
‘No more wars. No more using our dollars to fund a genocide,’ she said.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) cast her vote for ‘uncommitted’ rather than for President Joe Biden as she accused the U.S. of aiding ‘genocide’ against the Palestinians. She posted a video after voting
Backers of the effort say they have set a goal of 10,000 people choosing ‘uncommitted’ on the ballot.
Some Biden allies say the effort could send a message without harming the 81 year old presidents. Others say it could endanger his prospects in a state he needs to win to defeat Donald Trump.
Numerous Arab American voters who DailyMail.com spoke to at a polling place in Dearborn Michigan said they were backing the ‘uncommitted’ effort, with some saying they were so furious with Biden that they would support Donald Trump.
Jamileh Karkaba is a driving instructor who immigrated to the U.S. from Lebanon decades ago.
President Joe Biden spoke about talks for a temporary cease fire while having ice cream with ‘Late Night’ host Seth Meyers in New York Monday
Jamileh Karkaba is a driving instructor who immigrated to the U.S. from Lebanon, said Biden ‘is doing nothing for us,’ and plans to switch her support to Donald Trump after voting ‘uncommitted’
Issat Tahan, a plumber who is originally from Jerusalem, whispered to a reporter that he had voted for Biden and wasn’t for ‘uncommitted’
Michigan’s primary is Tuesday. Biden has minimal opposition but is contending with the protest movement
Especially in Hamtramck and Dearborn, where there are large numbers of Arab-Americans, many voters planned to vote ”uncommitted in the Democratic primary.
‘I want Republicans now, because Biden is not doing nothing for us,’ she said. ‘He’s helping Israel to kill our people.’
She said she came to vote uncommitted on the Democratic ballot, but will pull the lever for Trump in November, saying she was ‘so comfortable’ when he was in office.
But she’s at a loss for words discussing Trump’s Muslim ban from 2016, which she says bothers her.
‘I don’t know what to say about that, but I’m against it.’
Issat Tahan, a plumber who is originally from Jerusalem, came back and whispered to a reporter that he had voted for Biden
‘I don’t believe in “uncommitted.” I have my opinion. Even on the war that is killing thousands, ‘He did his best. He can’t do anything about it,’ he said.
He said he liked how Biden was calling for a temporary cease fire. ‘Thank god – he’ll stop the war,’ he said.