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‘Take that, Dearborn’: Muslim Americans scapegoated for Trump’s Gaza 'takeover’ plan (www.middleeasteye.net)
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Trump announced on Tuesday the US could "take over" the Gaza Strip and transform it into a premier tourist destination, or the "Riviera of the Middle East" - but without Palestinians.

On social media, many debated the plan, with large swathes of people denouncing it as "ethnic cleansing". Others immediately pointed out the US's long history of "settler colonialism" and "imperialism".

In the US, many liberal commentators, especially supporters of the Democratic Party, said Trump was acting precisely as they had warned ahead of presidential elections in November 2024. They blamed his Gaza takeover plan on Muslims for voting for him instead of Kamala Harris.

Voters in Michigan's Dearborn, the largest majority Arab-American city in the United States, overwhelmingly supported Trump in a clear protest against the Biden administration's handling of Israel's war on Gaza.

In reality, Trump won every swing state in the US election, and had he lost Michigan, Harris still would not have come close to competing in the electoral college.

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[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world -2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

You mean the Arab Americans for Trump, I mean Peace, and those in the Abandon Harris campaign? Do I blame them for solely losing the election overall? No. Do I think the shoulder blame for Trump's victory? Fuck yes.

https://theconversation.com/voters-in-arab-american-strongholds-likely-tipped-michigan-in-trumps-favor-242854

Don't try to whitewash what a large and electorally significant portion of Arab Americans did, own up to the fact Arab Americans do deserve to have it pointed out that actions have consequences and if you truly think that Trump was better for Arab American, which a lot still do apparently, well you get to live with that and we all get thanks to you and to all those Democrats that sat on their asses, and to Latino men, and to black men, and to White women, old and young, and to the 9% increase of Asian Americans that voted for trump.

I think the only demographic that doesn't deserve blame are older black people, they not only voted Harris, the increase their percentage. They knew better than all of us.