(30 Jul 2024)
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ARCHIVE: Dearborn, Michigan – 8 February 2024
1. An anti-President Joe Biden protester holds a sign and chants outside a hotel that hosted meetings between Biden administration officials and Arab American and Muslim leaders
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Dearborn, Michigan – 29 July 2024
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Osama Siblani, The Arab American News:
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“I am very happy that President Biden dropped out of the race, because that was an impossible task for me to convince anybody, including myself, to vote for him.”
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ARCHIVE: Elkins Park, Pennsylvania – 8 May 2024
3. Vice President Kamala Harris arrives onstage
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Detroit – 29 July 2024
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Lexis Zeidan, Uncommitted movement:
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“I think people are feeling reengaged and that people are really hoping that Kamala Harris does respond to the demands of Uncommitted, because people are ready to support. People want to mobilize. People want to be able to support her. People want to be able to ensure that Trump does not become president in November. And I think one of the prime pathways to ensuring that doesn't happen is to, again, respond to the movement's calls of ensuring a ceasefire and not another bomb be dropped in Palestine.”
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FILE: Grand Rapids, Michigan – 20 July 2024
5. Former President Donald Trump acknowledges the crowd during a rally
6. Trump supporters cheer
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Detroit – 29 July 2024
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Lexis Zeidan, Uncommitted movement:
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“They say the path to the White House is through Michigan. And Michigan runs through Detroit, Michigan runs through Dearborn, some key areas where there's a number of voters. Arab American voters in Michigan can sway the election.”
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ARCHIVE: Detroit – 26 January 2024
8. Worshippers pray during a service held at the Islamic Center of Detroit
9. Samraa Luqman of the Abandon Biden campaign in Michigan hands out flyers at the mosque’s entrance
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ARCHIVE: Dallas – 10 July 2024
10. UPSOUND Harris tells a crowd that (English) “Donald Trump has openly vowed, if reelected, he'll be a dictator on day one”
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Fenton Township, Michigan – 29 July 2024
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Ghassan Saab, Michigan voter:
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“But as candidate Harris makes her case, I think more and more of the Arab Americans would realize that she is an improvement over the Biden policy. And she's certainly a huge, huge improvement over what Trump would be.”
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FILE: Grand Rapids, Michigan – 20 July 2024
12. Various of the Trump rally, including the candidate onstage
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Fenton Township, Michigan – 29 July 2024
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Ghassan Saab, Michigan voter:
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“So, I hope the Arab American community would recognize that and would vote for her in droves, because the alternative is dreadful.”
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ARCHIVE: Elkins Park, Pennsylvania – 8 May 2024
14. Harris greets attendees at an event
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FILE: Warren, Michigan – 1 February 2024
15. Anti-Biden protesters lead a chant
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Detroit – 29 July 2024
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Lexis Zeidan, Uncommitted movement:
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“I think, for Harris, it's a prime opportunity right now where she has this moment to really unite a fractured party. And it's a party that's been fractured particularly on the whole issue that's happening in Gaza and in Palestine.”
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