Israel’s bombing of Lebanon might doom Kamala Harris’s White House chances by tanking Arab American turnout in Michigan.

Until now, the story of Michigan’s role in the election has centered on Arab Americans’ profound discontent with the Democratic Party over Israel’s relentless devastation of Gaza. The war has left deep emotional wounds.

Israel’s recent military incursion into Lebanon feels like another twist of the knife, intensifying the sense of betrayal and alienation of one of the most critical voting constituencies in the country.

Kamala Harris’s chances of winning the presidency will plummet if she loses Michigan, and current polling shows she and Donald Trump are neck and neck there.

Come November 5, I think we may look back on the weeks after Israel invaded Lebanon as the moment Harris lost significant ground in the race.

  • JaggedRobotPubes@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    19 days ago

    If I was a genocidal Netanyahu, I would make sure all my little computer jockeys pushed the “don’t vote for the person most likely to stop me because she isn’t doing enough to stop me” angle.

    In addition to a few others.

    Then I’d have them make new accounts and try to somehow pretend they thought it made sense and agreed.