Iran Press/ America: The deepening political divide among Democrats over the Israel-Hamas war is threatening to put the party’s candidates at risk in the critical swing state of Michigan, where Arab and Jewish American voters in the state stand to have an outsized impact in 2024.
Last week, one of Michigan’s most prominent lawmakers, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D), made headlines when she was censured in the House for her remarks made in a video calling for a cease-fire in Gaza.
In the same video, Tlaib warned Biden that Arab American voters would not forget his administration’s position on the war a year from now.
“Mr. President, the American people are not with you on this one,” Tlaib said in the video.“We will remember in 2024.”
Meanwhile, Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) has emerged as a vocal critic of Tlaib’s language concerning the issue.
Though Slotkin, who’s running for Senate next year, voted against the Tlaib censure, her criticism of a fellow Great Lakes State Democrat underscores the deepening rift in the party and poses challenges for Democrats heading into a heated presidential election year.
The rift was on full display last week when Tlaib released the video warning Biden of electoral consequences for his stances in 2024. The video included chants of “from the river to the sea,” which critics say is antisemitic and a call for the destruction of Israel.
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