Vice President Kamala Harris said on Sunday that she is continuing to work to earn the support of Arab Americans — a critical demographic especially in the battleground state of Michigan.
Harris told reporters in Detroit that while the community is “not a monolith,” she understands the Biden administration’s policies throughout the Israel-Hamas war have been of particular concern.
“The issues are as varied as they are for any voter, it includes that, but it is also about bringing down the cost of living. It is about supporting small businesses in the community. It is about bringing down the cost of housing, groceries, extending the Child Tax Credit. These are issues that resonate in our community, as well as every other community, and I will continue to speak to members of that community and to ask for their vote, which I hope I earn,” she said.
Harris pointed to support she has garnered from some leaders in the Arab American community and pledged that if she is reelected as president she will seek to end the war.
“On the subject of Gaza, I have been very clear the level of death of innocent Palestinians is unconscionable. We need to end the war, and we need to get the hostages out, and as president of the United States, I will do everything in my power to achieve that end and a two-state solution, where Palestinians will have the right to self-determination and security and stability in the region,” she said.
