US Muslim leaders who supported Republican Donald Trump to protest against the Biden administration’s support for Israel’s war on Gaza and attacks on Lebanon have been deeply disappointed by his cabinet picks, they tell Reuters.

“Trump won because of us and we’re not happy with his Secretary of State pick and others,” says Rabiul Chowdhury, a Philadelphia investor who chaired the Abandon Harris campaign in Pennsylvania and co-founded Muslims for Trump. Muslim support for Trump helped him win Michigan and may have factored into other swing state wins, strategists believe.

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    that’s what musk was selling. to muslims and middle-easterners in michigan harris was a pro-israel, for pennsylvania’s jewish population she was pro-palestine. and they were hyper-local with the targeting… down to individual city blocks.

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      In the few days leading up to the election I got two texts, definitely crafted to seem like they were from a Harris aligned pac, but it was saying she was unreservedly behind Israel, and seemed off. I told them to fuck the selves and reported as spam

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        Wow that’s actually insane with how blatent that is. I imagine shit like this has a huge effect on the politically ignorant.

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        I mean is that false? The alternative is siding with a group that literally has a toddler hostage rn.