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U.S. Muslim leaders who supported Trump to protest Biden’s stance on Gaza and Lebanon now feel betrayed by Trump’s pro-Israel Cabinet picks.

His appointments of Marco Rubio as Secretary of State, Mike Huckabee as ambassador to Israel, and Elise Stefanik as UN ambassador have drawn sharp criticism, with some accusing the administration of pursuing “Zionist overdrive” and “neoconservative” priorities.

Rabiul Chowdhury, a Philadelphia investor who chaired the “Abandon Harris” campaign and co-founded “Muslims for Trump,” and Rexhinaldo Nazarko, executive director of AMEEN, feel betrayed by broken promises of peace.

“It’s like he’s going on Zionist overdrive,” said Nazarko, adding, “it does look like our community has been played.”

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
        83·
        1 month ago

        And he’s also a human being with his own opinions.

        Maybe they should have listened to the woman running for president instead. I’m not sure why that idea didn’t occur to you.

        • jonne@infosec.pub
          45·
          1 month ago

          If the campaign didn’t want Bill Clinton there, he wouldn’t have gone. This was their campaign strategy, along with hanging out with Cheney.

          The Democrats ran an awful campaign again, and they need to stop blaming the voters for reacting negatively to this.

          • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
            82·
            1 month ago

            You asked who they should have listened to. I told you the person they should have listened to. The person actually running for office.

            I have no idea why you think they should have not paid attention to what the person running for office said and just took for granted what her surrogate said agreed with what she said. That’s a pretty ignorant thing to do, not take a few moments to check and see what her actual beliefs on this are and if they’re being represented accurately.

            So I guess we’ll put you down on the “pro-ignorance” list. I guess that’s why you seem to be okay with Trump winning.