Donald Trump became the first Republican presidential candidate since 2000 to win the majority-Arab city of Dearborn, Michigan. Voters say a last-minute visit from Trump to the city helped him beat Kamala Harris there by over 2,000 votes. Harris also lost neighboring Dearborn Heights.
Arab American voters upset over the Biden administration’s handling of war in the Middle East broke away from Vice President Kamala Harris in Michigan . From left, Paul Manni, Sam Alasri, Wasel Yousaf, Waseem Makani and Abrahim Tamimi, cheer as Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump ’s speech is broadcast during an Arab Americans for Trump watch party at the Lava Java Cafe, a hookah lounge, in the early hours of Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in Dearborn, Mich.
As it became clear late Tuesday into early Wednesday that Trump would not only win the presidency but likely prevail in Dearborn, the mood in metro Detroit’s Arab American communities was described by Dearborn City Council member Mustapha Hammoud as “somber.” And yet, he said, the result was “not surprising at all.”
Farah Khan, right, co-chair of the Abandon Harris Michigan campaign, tries to convince pedestrians to vote for Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, in Dearborn, Mich., the nation's largest Arab-majority city. Among those who opposed more aid for Israel, 58% backed Harris in the presidential election; 39% supported Trump.
Things began to move in September, when Amer Ghalib, the Democratic Muslim mayor of the city of Hamtramck, endorsed Trump. Shortly after, Trump visited a campaign office there. At an Oct. 30 rally in Michigan, former President Bill Clinton said Hamas uses civilians as shields and will “force you to kill civilians if you want to defend yourself.”
Voters wait in line to cast their ballots at the Hamtramck High School polling site on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Hamtramck, Mich.
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