Radical American anti-Israel activist Linda Sarsour and CAIR president Nihad Awad have alleged that their “non-binding” campaign, which called on Democratic voters to vote for anyone other than President Joe Biden in state primaries in protest of his support for Israel, was responsible for the 81-year-old president being removed from the Democratic Party’s list of candidates and replaced by Vice President Kamala Harris, who ignored the Israeli prime minister’s recent address to Congress.
During violent protests in Washington DC on Wednesday, prominent Islamic activist Linda Sarsour and Nihad Awad, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), made bold claims about their influence over the Democratic presidential nominee.
CAIR is a Muslim advocacy group. Accused The secretary-general, Awad, is said to have ties to a terrorist organization. Declared In December, he said he was “pleased” with the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack, and the White House distance From the group I was with discussed Regarding “anti-Semitic strategies.”
The demonstrations came as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in the capital to address Congress on Wednesday, during which Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Minn.) held a silent protest, holding signs that read “Guilty of Genocide” and “War Criminals.”
In an outdoor protest dubbed “Arrest Netanyahu,” protesters burned an American flag and an effigy of the Jewish head of state near the parliament building. Protesters also damaged historic buildings and clashed with police.
Protesters in Gaza removed the American flag from Union Station, set it on fire with an effigy of Prime Minister Netanyahu and replaced it with a Palestinian flag. pic.twitter.com/c8hz90phqL
— Andrew Layden (@PenguinSix) July 24, 2024
Awad and Sarsour addressed the crowd, arguing that their efforts had effectively eliminated President Biden as the Democratic front-runner for the November election.
Nearly half of the Democrats in CongressFormer Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), He missed Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speech.
Awad praised the boycotting lawmakers, saying, “A neutral movement has managed to push President Biden aside. We must continue to make our demands.”
“If VP Kamala Harris found a way to skip a criminal speech, what about the people who are planning to be there? Shame on you!” he said.
Now is the time to align our actions with our values. Vice President Harris can begin the process of restoring trust by moving away from Biden’s horrific policies in Gaza.
— Uncommitted National Movement🌺 (@uncommittedmvmt) July 21, 2024
Sarsour, who has a history of racist and anti-Semitic actions and comments, blamed the movement for the president’s decision to drop out of the 2024 presidential race.
“It’s because of you, my friends, that Joe Biden is not at the top of the Democratic nomination list,” she insisted.
She also credited their movement for the absence of Vice President Kamala Harris during “war criminal” Netanyahu’s speech to a joint session of Congress, and the boycott by dozens of lawmakers of the speech.
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— Uncommitted National Movement🌺 (@uncommittedmvmt) July 22, 2024
“Let me be clear: our votes have not yet been earned,” the 44-year-old Palestinian-American firebrand declared, highlighting ongoing demands from his supporters.
A former Black Lives Matter (BLM) organizer, Sarsour works closely with numerous other progressive organizations. member Sarsour, head of the Democratic Socialists of America and a popular figure in Arab and Muslim countries, only semi-endorsed Biden. rear He chose Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate in the 2020 presidential election.
“It’s no secret that I disagree with both Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris,” she said. Posts “But I know what I need to do: get the Biden-Harris nominee elected and prepare to hold them accountable in the White House.”
In the past, Sarsour worked He spoke at a Nation of Islam event alongside notorious racist Louis Farrakhan and defended his organization.
Sarsour, a leader of the BDS movement against Israel, said: It is called While calling for “jihad” (Islamic holy war) against President Trump, he urged Muslims to declare that opposing President Trump is their Islamic religious duty.
Previously, Sarsour Dealt with “At this point, the Democrats are definitely our party,” he said at a steering meeting of the Democratic National Convention’s Muslim Delegates and Allies Caucus.
President Trump’s motion He was quick to criticize her appearance. To tell Biden endorsed her “extreme bigotry,” leading his campaign to distance itself from Palestinian-American extremists.
Arab American voters in each state have long Expressed They intend to “punish” President Biden in the elections for his stance on the Israel-Gaza conflict. Anti-Biden sentiment over President Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas conflict has led to a surge in the “apathy” movement among Muslim voters, with leaders like Awad and Sarsour advocating for an end to US military aid to Israel.
More than 700,000 Americans are estimated to have voted “independent” in the Democratic primary in protest at Biden’s Israeli and Gaza policies. In Michigan alone, where a loss for the president would likely prevent him from winning reelection, more than 100,000 Democrats Selected During the primary, he said he was “undecided” about Biden, indicating deep dissatisfaction within the party.
Joshua Klein is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email him at jklein@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter. Joshua Klein.
