Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris appeared on Saturday with former first lady Michelle Obama at a joint rally in Michigan. Both spoke about women's rights there. In this crucial situation for the results of the election, the leaders of the Muslim communities expressed their support for Donald Trump on Saturday.
Kamala Harris performs with Michelle Obama in Kalamazoo, Michigan. In this state, which is one of the keys to the presidential election results, early voting began on Saturday.
The march was mainly devoted to abortion rights. The former first lady addressed women and said that “voting for him (Trump) is a vote against us (women)”. – Please do not leave our lives in the hands of politicians, mostly men, who do not understand what we are going through, – said Obama.
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“Imagine Donald Trump without any protection”
But Harris warned that Donald Trump's potential second term would be unfettered, including: because of immunity granted to presidents by the Supreme Court.
– Imagine Donald Trump, with no strings attached, who would claim extreme unlimited power, declaring that he would be a dictator from day one and saying that he wanted generals like Hitler and that Americans who disagreed with him would be his “enemies.” called “internal”. ,” Harris said. As noted, he went out for a beer with Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer after the rally.
Kamala Harris went for a beer with Michigan Governor Gretchen WhitmerReuters
Harris' rally was her second campaign event to highlight the issue of abortion rights. On Friday, his concert with singer Beyoncé in Houston, which was held with a record attendance of 30,000 people, was dedicated to this topic. people On Thursday, Harris appeared in Georgia with former President Barack Obama.
Trump is supported by Muslims
Donald Trump also visited Michigan on Saturday. At a rally in Novi, near Detroit, the former president received the support of six imams and the mayor of Dearborn Heights, one of the largest Muslim concentrations in America.
– It is a promise of peace, not war – explained one of the imams, Belal Alzuhairi. It was the second such move by Muslim leaders in Michigan. Earlier Trump was supported among others. the city's only Muslim mayor is Amer Ghalib of Yemen, who runs Hamtramck, near Detroit, once the most famous Polish city in America.
Donald Trump at a rally in Michigan Reuters
The support of the Muslim representatives for the candidate who based his first election campaign on the promise of closing the American borders to Muslims is an expression of the displeasure of the Arab and Muslim communities with the current administration's approach to the war in the Gaza Strip. But Trump said this week that he was pleased that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had not heeded outgoing President Joe Biden's warnings about attacks in Lebanon and Gaza.
The voice of the Muslim community could be important in Michigan, one of the swing states.
Criticism of Detroit
During a rally in Novi – aimed at encouraging people to take advantage of the opportunity to vote before Election Day – Trump criticized early voting, saying it was a “ridiculous system” and said he would do away with it if he became president. .
Trump also again criticized the state's largest city, Detroit, saying it makes the United States look like a developing country.
More than 144,000 people voted in the first day of early voting in Michigan. people
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