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US Election: 'Uncommitted' Group Declines to Support Any Candidate

US Election: 'Uncommitted' Group Declines to Support Any Candidate

Above: Detroit police officers set up barricades and take security measures as a few hundred pro-Palestine activists and students gather outside of the Huntington Place to protest the Biden administration's support for Israel on May 19, 2024. Image copyright: Anadolu/Contributor/Anadolu via Getty Images

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Kamala Harris was aware of this voting bloc when the Gaza war began and continued to see it grow after she became, and yet she's refused to come to the table every step of the way. Uncommitted even sent a letter to Harris about a month ago reiterating their foreign policy demands, and now that she's blatantly ignored them, she's likely to lose hundreds of thousands of votes in the most important states.

While Harris may have tripped over some constituency-related hurdles throughout her campaign so far, her electability comes from her experience in the Biden adminstration. When it comes to foreign policy, she knows how to strengthen alliances to combat China, Russia, and Iran. And at home, she understands the importance of American diversity—the country's greatest economic asset and what its enemies fear most.

The Biden-Harris adminstration appears to be in electoral purgatory on this issue. Not only has it threatened to block aid to Israel and cowered away form being seen as a partner in the fight against terrorism, but despite all that, it still isn't left-wing enough to win the support of the anti-Israel faction. Harris lacks what voters want in a president: someone who remains loyal to their allies and steadfast in their convictions.


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