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More than 100 Arizona Palestinian, Arab, Muslim, and progressive Democrats and community leaders have signed a letter making the case for those reluctant to support Kamala Harris against Donald Trump.

“We know that many in our communities are resistant to vote for Kamala Harris because of the Biden administration’s complicity in the genocide,” the letter, published Thursday night, reads.

“Some of us have lost many family members in Gaza and Lebanon. We respect those who feel they simply can’t vote for a member of the administration that sent the bombs that may have killed their loved ones,” the letter continued. “As we consider the full situation carefully, however, we conclude that voting for Kamala Harris is the best option for the Palestinian cause and all of our communities.”

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[-] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 130 points 2 months ago

That is fucking brutal.

I agree but man what a horrible choice.

[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 57 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

yeah its a truly dystopian choice but voting for somebody doesn't mean you approve of everything they have done or will do.

It just means for those with affected friends and families they have done the cruel calculus and have decided which path will be lesser of two evils.

I fully expect trump to try to deport palestinian refugees and its crazy this is where we are at.

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 31 points 2 months ago

I mean, he's promised to deport Americans who protest on behalf of the Palestinians. He sure wouldn't hesitate to deport Palestinian refugees.

[-] Souroak@lemmy.sdf.org 30 points 2 months ago

It is no choice between someone who disappoints me in their responses on this issue, and someone who openly wonders if sending a nuclear warhead into a hurricane a couple hundred miles offshore will lead to a positive result. And of course that was with where his mental state was at over 4 years ago.

[-] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 months ago
[-] irotsoma@lemmy.world 35 points 2 months ago

Every election in the US is that way. It's a choice of the lesser evil and you can only vote against the greater evil not vote for good.

[-] Shark_Ra_Thanos@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago
[-] Tinidril@midwest.social 6 points 1 month ago

Every general election is that way. We've had alternatives.

If Harris loses the fault will be with every Democrat that voted Biden over Sanders in 2020. That was the window we had to transform the Democrats into a party that would absolutely crush the MAGA movement. We missed it and we may not see another in this lifetime.

[-] b161 3 points 1 month ago

And every cycle both choices become more and more evil.

[-] naught101@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

The US needs to fix their voting system. Preferential voting, run-off, whatever. First past the post sucks.

Also the gerrymandering.

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