Muslim voters who helped swing the election for President-elect Trump due to their anger over Israel’s offensive in Gaza have decried a number of of his cupboard selections as too “pro-war,” in line with a report.
A few of Trump’s earliest cupboard have been pro-Israel die-hards, together with: New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, who will grow to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who has lengthy been an outspoken supporter of Israel’s struggle in opposition to Hamas.
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, one other Zionist stalwart, can even grow to be ambassador to Israel.
“We are very disappointed,” Rexhinaldo Nazarko, govt director of the American Muslim Engagement and Empowerment Community (AMEEN), instructed Reuters.
“It seems like this administration has been packed entirely with neoconservatives and extremely pro-Israel, pro-war people, which is a failure on the side of President Trump, to the pro-peace and anti-war movement.”
“Trump won because of us and we’re not happy with his Secretary of State pick and others,” stated Rabiul Chowdhury, a Philadelphia investor who chaired the Abandon Harris marketing campaign in Pennsylvania and co-founded Muslims for Trump.
In the course of the 2024 presidential marketing campaign, Trump made historic positive aspects amongst Muslims voters, notably within the battleground state of Michigan.
In Dearborn, the state’s largest Muslim metropolis, Trump gained 43% of the vote in opposition to Vice President Kamala Harris’ 36%.
The neighborhood’s anger was fueled by President Biden’s help for Israel. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, who was been censured by her colleagues for calling or the destruction of Israel, pointedly refused to endorse Harris within the marketing campaign.
