President Biden again won the Democratic primary in Michigan despite a late backlash from Arab American voters angered by the president’s support for Israel’s war in Gaza.
Biden comfortably won Michigan on Tuesday, inching closer to clinching the Democratic nomination and marking his fourth victory in the primary, according to Associated Press projections. There were 117 sworn delegates at stake in battleground states.
The landslide victory comes amid a movement among Arab Americans in the state to “abandon Biden” and vote “irresponsible” in the primary vote to protest Biden’s support for Israel’s war in Gaza. It was brought in spite of the fact that
Rashida Tlaib ‘proud’ not voting for Biden in Michigan Democratic primary
President Joe Biden. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
The protests were supported by Michigan Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib, who on Tuesday called for a “ceasefire” in hostilities in Gaza while saying she was “proud” to vote against the president in the primary. I think so.”
“Hello everyone, I’m Rashida. Today I was proud to go inside and draw a Democratic ballot and vote without reservation. We must protect our democracy, We have to make sure that our government is for us, for the people,” Tlaib said in the video. A message shared by Listen to Michigan, a group supporting protests against Biden during the primary election. “When 74% of Michigan Democrats support a ceasefire and President Biden won’t listen to us, this is how we can use our democracy to say, ‘Listen.’ .”
Despite this, Biden won again in another presidential election to represent the Democratic Party, raising the possibility of a rematch with former President Donald Trump.
Michigan Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib speaks during a demonstration calling for a ceasefire in Gaza on October 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade Rose, File)
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Michigan promises to be a key battleground state in a potential rematch, having voted for Trump by less than 1 percentage point in 2016 and flipped to Biden in 2020 by less than 3 percentage points. There is.
The president, who has yet to lose a state in this year’s primaries, will now turn his focus to “Super Tuesday,” when voters in 14 states and American Samoa head to the polls to cast their votes for their preferred presidential candidate.
Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden. (Getty Images)
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This result continues to make a rematch in 2024 almost certain, with Biden easily winning the Democratic nomination and expected to face Trump, who has an overwhelming lead in the Republican primary.
