One of the scariest things for Kamala Harris heading into election night is her problems with Muslim voters. Since Israel responded to the October 7th attacks by going to war with Hamas, the Democratic Party has been desperately trying to find a way to appease radicals in places like Dearborn, MI, while not completely alienating Jewish voters.
That effort hasn’t exactly been successful, with some polls showing independent candidate Jill Stein beating Harris outright among Muslims. In Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, all of which have sizeable Muslim populations, that could prove devastating for the vice president’s chances against Donald Trump.
In an attempt to claw back some of her lost support, Harris recently appeared with Kareem Rahma, a Muslim influencer. During the interview, which was so bad it went unpublished, the vice president made two major mistakes.
The first was a refusal to discuss the war between Israel and Hamas. Surprising no one, Rahma is extremely anti-Israel and was looking for Harris to throw him a bone on the issue. For her to show up and think she could get away with not talking about it is unfathomable for a presidential campaign. It does show the sense of entitlement Harris continually operates with, though.
That wasn’t the worst of it, though. Instead of talking about the conflict in the Middle East, Kamala Harris decided to pivot to trying to convince Rahma that “bacon is a spice,” noting that it’s “pure flavor” when she received pushback. […]
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