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 @DelightfulImpalaSocialistfrom Minnesota  commented…2yrs2Y

Doesn’t Minnesota have a lot of Somalis?

If so, that’s a Gaza vote

 @B4llotBoxRabbitWorking Familyfrom California  commented…2yrs2Y

Yeah, it's a Gaza vote

 @SolidRedWhiteBlueDemocratfrom Virgin Islands  disagreed…2yrs2Y

Oh, it's a Gaza vote. So Biden doesn't really have any problem at all since Trump is unquestionably much worse on Gaza and these voters have nowhere to go in the general. Problem solved. Whew!

 @B4llotBoxRabbitWorking Familyfrom California  disagreed…2yrs2Y

The smug approach sure worked out well in 2016, keep it up!

 @SolidRedWhiteBlueDemocratfrom Virgin Islands  commented…2yrs2Y

I'm not smug about the election in general. But Biden having a Gaza problem in Minnesota or the greater Midwest? Seems fanciful

 @B4llotBoxRabbitWorking Familyfrom California  commented…2yrs2Y

Then you need an explanation for why such a high % of dem primary voters chose uncommitted. Maybe their fingers all slipped? And why should Minnesotans might be any less tolerant of genocide than anyone else.

 @SolidRedWhiteBlueDemocratfrom Virgin Islands  disagreed…2yrs2Y

Biden has called for a ceasefire. Trump’s idea is to let Israel “finish the job.” That seems like pretty compelling evidence that Trump is worse for Palestinians than Biden. I’m not buying this block of voters (leftist or not) who will submarine their own interest in the general.

 @B4llotBoxRabbitWorking Familyfrom California  disagreed…2yrs2Y

Jesus Christ man, he’s the president. He shouldn’t be “calling for” Israel to relent; he should be giving them no option. As for whether Arab/Muslim voters will choose Biden “in their interest,” read their own words in this. That is not the prevailing sentiment.

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