Michigan’s Muslim mayor says Trump’s support followed ‘snubbing’ from Harris

With just two days left until Election Day, both Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are vying to win Michigan. The state has 16 electoral votes and has a history of leaning toward either party.

“Throughout the year of war in the Middle East, I supported the non-alignment movement in Michigan aimed at sending a strong signal to the current administration to take our concerns into account, but nothing happened. In fact, they completely neglected us, and negligence became the norm and everything else was the exception,” Ghalib said on Fox News. Sunday Morning Futures with Mario Bartiromo. “(Harris) added insult to injury by appointing Liz Cheney as her top military adviser, which brings back memories for the Arab-American community of an invasion of Iraq based on false claims of weapons of mass destruction and hundreds of thousands killed. So this is very disappointing for the Arab-American community.”

The unaligned movement motivated Democratic voters to vote.”unfixedin the Michigan primary as a form of protest against President Joe Biden’s support for Israel. Shortly after the state’s Democratic primary, Biden publicly called for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, which Ghalib said was his top priority.

Former Wyoming Republican Liz Cheney and her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, have both endorsed Harris for president. Dick Cheney served as vice president during the Iraq War.

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Ghalib joined Trump on the campaign trail. He said the Democratic candidate “must be punished” by losing the Arab American vote.

In Michigan, Arab American voters make up nearly 5% of the vote. in accordance with Arab American Institute. In Ohio they make up 1.7% and in Pennsylvania they make up 2% of likely voters.