FALLS CHURCH, United States: Hairdresser Linda Shawish cuts to the chase when asked about President Joe Biden's decision to unequivocally back Israel's bombing and ground invasion of Gaza.
'They're standing for genocide,' the 45-year-old Palestinian American who previously voted for Democrats told AFP outside the popular Halalco grocery in Falls Church, Virginia.'I definitely won't be voting Democratic, and if Trump is the Republican candidate, I probably won't vote at all.
In 2020 Biden carried battlegrounds Michigan, Virginia, Georgia and Arizona — but losing Muslim voters in those states could cut short the president's White House tenure.Disappointment Somali-American Hadia Barre told AFP that Muslims in the United States have 'been marginalized in American politics since 9/11 — and this discriminatory support to Israel is just going to further isolate and distance Muslim voters.
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