- Rep. Tlaib Urges Michigan Voters to Vote ‘Uncommitted’
- Efforts to protest President Joe Biden’s handling of Israel’s conflict with Hamas
- Michigan presidential primaries for Democrats and Republicans are February 27
Rep. Rashida Tlaib backs the pro-Palestinian effort to get Michigan Democrats to vote “uncommitted” in the primary instead of casting their ballot in the primary for President Joe Biden.
Listen to Michigan is a group leading the effort to create an election protest against Biden’s support for Israel in its conflict with Hamas terrorists operating from the Palestinian enclave of Gaza.
‘Don’t make us even more invisible. “Right now, we feel completely abandoned and simply invisible to our government,” Tliab (D-Mich.) said in a video released Saturday, speaking as a voice for the Palestinian-American community.
“If you want us to be louder, then come here and vote without compromising,” the progressive staffer said in informing Michigan voters of a “way they can raise our voices.”
Tlaib is the first and only Palestinian-American in Congress and is one of the most prominent voices against Israel and President Biden for supporting the Jewish state.
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) backs the effort to vote “uncommitted” instead of endorsing President Joe Biden in Michigan’s Feb. 27 primary.
‘It is important, as you all know, not only to march against genocide… It is also important to create a voting bloc. Something that is a bull’s horn to say: Enough is enough,” Tlaib said in a video posted Saturday. Pictured: Pro-Palestinian protesters march to the Capitol in Washington, DC on February 17, 2024 to demand an end to the fire in Israel.
She officially endorsed the Listen to Michigan campaign on Saturday to “non-commit” to beating Biden in the state’s election later this month.
Michigan will hold its primary elections on Tuesday, February 27, where both Democrats and Republicans will vote for their preferred presidential candidates.
While Biden faces virtually no real competition in the Democratic primary, Michigan is a state where progressives are essentially moving to cast a vote of no confidence in the president by voting for the “uncommitted” instead of the incumbent.
This would have little impact on future primaries and Biden’s chances of winning the nomination, but would serve as a massive symbolic vote against the president’s handling of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
“I wanted to remind everyone, please know that you can vote early today through February 17,” Tlaib said in a video outside the Ford Civic Center in Dearport, Michigan, on Saturday.
‘It is important, as everyone knows, not only to march against genocide, not only to make sure that we convene members of Congress and local elected officials and pass municipal resolutions throughout our country. It is also important to create a voting bloc. Something that is a bull’s horn to say: enough is enough,’ he continued.
“We don’t want a country that supports wars, bombs and destruction,” Tlaib insisted. ‘We want to support life. “We want to defend every murdered life.”
Tlaib and other progressives disagree with Biden’s support for Israel in the war against Hamas terrorists operating from the Palestinian enclave of Gaza.
Hamas terrorists launched a deadly attack in Israel in October, leading to a brutal months-long war between the de facto government of Palestine and the Jewish state.
Biden has joined the majority of voices in the United States and in Congress in supporting Israel and its right to defend itself against the terrorist group Hamas.
But opponents, including Tlaib and other progressive lawmakers, say Israel is responding to the attack by committing genocide against the Palestinians.