The Arab American Political Action Committee (AAPAC) will not be issuing an endorsement for president this election cycle — the first time in 20 years it has not backed the Democrat candidate.
BREITBART -- Based in the swing state of Michigan, the political action committee said that neither former President Donald Trump nor Kamala Harris rose to their level of expectations. The group has endorsed a Democrat every election cycle since being founded 20 years ago.
“This year, we face a choice of two candidates who are harming our communities here and our families and friends in our homelands,” the Arab American Political Action Committee said in a statement Monday. “We simply cannot give our votes to either Democrat Kamala Harris or Republican Donald Trump, who blindly support the criminal Israeli government led by far right extremists, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.”
The organization further said that both candidates “have endorsed genocide in Gaza and war in Lebanon.”
AAPAC said it came to the decision after its members met on Sunday and “debated for a long time” before concluding that both Harris and Trump “compete to please and support the Israeli government,” rendering them both unpalatable.
“By not voting for either Donald Trump or Kamala Harris, we are not staying silent — to the contrary, we are making a powerful statement and sending a clear message: We refuse to endorse candidates who do not care about us or our concerns, continue to divide America, and are complicit in an active genocide,” the group said. “Our votes matter, and withholding them will show that we cannot be ignored or taken for granted.”
Taking it even further, the organization said it will not endorse the Democrat for Michigan’s Senate seat.
“We ask our community to not vote for either Democrat Elissa Slotkin or Republican Mike Rogers. Frankly, they are both warmongers and do not deserve your vote,” it said.
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