Tlaib Refused to Endorse Harris at Detroit rally
Far-left "Squad" member Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., refused to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for president Friday at a United Auto Workers union rally in Detroit.
Tlaib, the lone Palestinian-American member of Congress, has been critical of the Biden-Harris administration's support for Israel in the war against Hamas since the Oct. 7, 2023 terror attack, in which 1,500 people were slaughtered. Her decision to withhold an endorsement from Harris is significant as Michigan is one of three "blue wall" states Democrats view as must-win to defeat former President Trump.
Rather than lend her support to Harris, Tlaib made a general plea for voters to get to the ballot box on Tuesday, according to the Detroit News.
“Don’t underestimate the power you all have,” she said. “More than those ads, those lawn signs, those billboards, you all have more power to turn out people that understand we’ve got to fight back against corporate greed in our country... We’ve got to make sure that the nonpartisan part of the ballot gets filled in.”
Tlaib spoke at the UAW rally alongside fellow "Squad" member Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. and UAW president Shawn Fain, both of whom endorsed Harris.
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