A national Muslim organization that had declared itself "uncommitted" on President Joe Biden's re-election bid is endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris' candidacy.
Salima Suswell, the founder and chief executive of the Black Muslim Leadership Council Fund, first shared the group's decision with NBC News on Thursday. It's believed to be the first Muslim group in the uncommitted camp to now back Harris.
The group’s endorsement is significant given the backlash the Biden administration has faced from the Muslim community over its handling of the war. Many Muslim groups pushed for an effort they dubbed “abandon Biden,” which called for voters not to support him at the ballot box in uncompetitive primaries and potentially in the fall election.
Pressed about whether she saw a big policy difference between Harris and Biden, Suswell said: “I am not going to speculate that there is a huge difference. … She has also been more empathetic as it relates to civilian life. I think she’s more open to having conversations around ending the war.”
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there was a straw poll of arab american activists and harris got like nearly five times the support of biden and is ahead of trump by nearly 30 points. i read that dearborn officials feel more positively about her than biden. they probably liked that she was the first biden officially to publically imply bibi is hindering the ceasefire talks.
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They’re gonna be so pissed when Harris doesn’t immediately cut ties with Israel and then nukes Tel Aviv.