Israel’s bombing of Lebanon might doom Kamala Harris’s White House chances by tanking Arab American turnout in Michigan.

Until now, the story of Michigan’s role in the election has centered on Arab Americans’ profound discontent with the Democratic Party over Israel’s relentless devastation of Gaza. The war has left deep emotional wounds.

Israel’s recent military incursion into Lebanon feels like another twist of the knife, intensifying the sense of betrayal and alienation of one of the most critical voting constituencies in the country.

Kamala Harris’s chances of winning the presidency will plummet if she loses Michigan, and current polling shows she and Donald Trump are neck and neck there.

Come November 5, I think we may look back on the weeks after Israel invaded Lebanon as the moment Harris lost significant ground in the race.

  • Capt. Wolf@lemmy.world
    102·
    23 days ago

    Trump also supports funding Israel. This election isn’t going to decide the outcome of that. Anyone not voting out of protest because of it is a fool. Look at the whole picture…

    • Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      515·
      23 days ago

      The whole picture is that supporting killing innocent people is wrong. The fact that this is political orthodoxy does not make me want to vote, it makes me want to stop being human.