Michigan congresswoman Rashida Tlaib declines to endorse Kamala Harris
The Palestinian American ‘squad’ member has been critical of Harris and the Democratic party’s inaction on Gaza
She said to vote straight Dem ticket while at a really meant to bring out support for Harris. This article is intended to sow division instead of report in an accurate context.
Thank you for your service! This makes perfect sense. I was wondering if this was similar to Uncommitted's non-endorsement of Harris, where they declined to explicitly endorse her due to Gaza but basically said everyone needs to out and vote for her anyways - and you answered this for me.
Whilst I respect her view on the situation in Gaza, is this not cutting your nose off to spite your face? There will be NO ability to influence a Trump and more broadly Republican government unlike a Democrat one. In fact under Trump you will see more overt support for Israel and even worse a contraction of US involvement in the situation to temper aggression. Also, given Trump's war like provaclivity in the past, with authorising a strike in Iran, it is likely going increase the likelihood of escalation and a more widespread conflict.
Only if you think you are going to get what you are going to need with Democrats. And we have Democrats. And we're not getting what we need.
Sometimes you have to do things the hard way. Rashida's job depends on her extolling the will of her constituents. Her job is to represent them not a brand called the DNC. If the DNC can't be in the right on this matter, it truly is their problem.
I think after this cycle we see the progressive block moving back to being 'independents', since Democrats have proven to be an unreliable/ worthless caucus member. Which is fine. There is probably more power on the outside right now.
I think after this cycle we see the progressive block moving back to being ‘independents’
The thing is, we need to start jockeying for position immediately. Don't wait until presidential campaigns start rolling around in 3 years before signalling a departure. These things take years to pick up steam.
The thing about voting for Harris is that if she wins while endorsing genocide it signals to the DNC that their constituents are either pushovers who can't make demands of their elites or okay with genocide. There's a very real argument that setting this precedent is going to be worse for America than four years of Trump with a Democrat Senate (assuming democrat voters don't drop the ball on Senate elections) that's doing opposition instead of cheering on the genocide. If the Dems know they can ignore their constituents and win, they'll pander a lot more to Republicans and hasten the decay of American democracy.
Note: I say genocide because this is the most important issue to Muslim voters, but it could be immigration, the lack of a primary, or any other DNC nonsense this election cycle.
The thing about voting for Harris is that if she wins while endorsing genocide it signals to the DNC that their constituents are either pushovers who can’t make demands of their elites or okay with genocide.
Centrists know this. They're angry because progressives are not pushovers who are ok with genocide.
We need a competitive primary in 2028. We didn't get one this year.
Chance of Harris getting tough on Israel? Maybe 30%
Chance of Trump getting tough on Israel? 0%. Maybe even a negative % because he basically already gave them pointers on having a quieter genocide.
Chance of Harris getting tough on Israel? Maybe 30%
I have seen nothing that indicates that this number is that high. Or nonzero.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/25/politics/harris-netanyahu-israel-hamas-ceasefire
She somewhat reversed course on this since then but I hope that's due to the shitty reality of AIPAC and other Jewish and Israeli lobbying groups being a powerful group to mess with in an election year.
We need a party that can say no to genocide. If that can't be the Democrats, then so be it. I'm not sure where this goes, but the American political landscape is forever changed after this election.
The problem is this:
Democrats want a peaceful solution to the Genocide.
Republicans want a faster, more complete genocide.
One of those two parties is going to lead for the next four years.
Since when has a genocide ever ended peacefully?
Democrats want a peaceful solution to the Genocide.
They certainly say they do.
This is provably a lie.
They can end the genocide right now. Implying that they can't is trying (and failing) to provide them cover for committing a genocide. And yes, continuing to provide weapons to the grunts doing the work doesn't absolve them of the moral responsibility for it, nor does it provide them enough cover to pretend that genocide isn't the outcome they want.
Just because someone presents something as if there are a limited number of possibilities or outcomes, its important to keep in mind, this is often just a result of their framing. Its often more reflective of their incomplete thinking on a situation than it is reality, and cynically, its a kind of rhetorical slight of hand often used to keep a narrative structured in such a way that only certain outcomes are possible.
Democrats, and more importantly, their voters, have proven to be cowards in the face of doing the right thing. Demanding little and less from a party as weak as the Democrats has left a lane wide open. I think we'll see that lane taken over the next couple of years.
She's gonna love president Trump when there's no Palestine left
Fuckin dumb. Throwing american trans people in with the Palestinians getting alaughtered, and then turning up the slaughter dial by helping trump.
Not to mention the women denied healthcare for treatable complications during pregnancies because some republican senator/ lawyer said so.
The Palestinian American who likely lost or knows someone who lost family to Israel's rampage is "fuckin dumb" while you're a genius, got it.
