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96. Palestinians in Gaza were urging U.S. voters to vote for Kamala.

Sat Aug 23, 2025, 06:58 AM

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So why didn't the folks who supposedly support them, not listen to them?

https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-812438
https://www.reckon.news/justice/2024/08/do-palestinians-prefer-kamala-harris-or-donald-trump-gazans-weigh-in.html

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I wonder how the "can't vote for Kamala because of Gaza" folks are feeling now [View all] Eliot Rosewater Friday OP

I hope they feel like sh*t, because I do. At some point US voters will realize walkingman Friday #1

I wonder how that POS Jill Stein feels. Initech Friday #6

I and certain she is having a great time mercuryblues Friday #7

If she's smart fujiyamasan Saturday #90

She takes money from Putin, whether she's an actual spy or not ... I don't know FakeNoose Friday #8

Probably like Benny Johnson and Ben Shapiro - they get paid on the DL. Initech Friday #9

Pootie has money to burn FakeNoose Friday #14

Benny Johnson is the unlucky one? He has been rewarded with his own news blog site travelingthrulife Saturday #108

He and Tim Pool both got caught for being paid by RT. Initech Saturday #114

Which is why he started in the US with gun nuts and religious kooks not fooled Saturday #131

Actually- she posts mostly about genocide in Gaza womanofthehills Friday #17

How many times has Jill Stein called for Hamas to immediately surrender so the war will end? SunSeeker Friday #38

Netanyahu wants that ocean front no matter who surrenders womanofthehills Friday #50

Bullshit. Hamas could negotiate the terms of their surrender. Hamas refuses. SunSeeker Friday #69

Fuck her Hornedfrog2000 Friday #66

But no problem with what's happening in Ukraine NoRethugFriends Friday #79

She is an execrable piece of shit greenman3610 Saturday #133

Our politicians can be bought on the cheap. CanonRay Friday #52

I wonder how the people who donated to her fake recount in 2016 feel MichMan Friday #77

I don't think I can say what I hope they feel, for fear of saying something too nasty. dem4decades Friday #2

I'm not sure they weren't a media creation FHRRK Friday #3

Netanyahu Gambled on a Trump Presidency. Will It Pay Off? LetMyPeopleVote Friday #4

Using Gaza as an excuse it's so fucking stupid I can't get over it Eliot Rosewater Friday #5

If Kamala had spoken more about peace she would have easily won womanofthehills Friday #20

No, she wouldn't have "easily won" crimycarny Friday #23

I refuse to respond to that person you're responding to. Eliot Rosewater Friday #31

I wash my hands of it JustAnotherGen Friday #53

Truth hurts. nt RandiFan1290 Saturday #98

On Edit JustAnotherGen Saturday #100

Off topic (sorry), but your post gave me a real question that'd I'd never thought to ask before BlueSpot Friday #71

Impossible populist promises like "I'll bring peace to the Middle East!" "I'll bring back all the manufacturing jobs!" betsuni Saturday #92

Ridiculous mcar Friday #46

Sometimes i wonder which ones are the russians Hornedfrog2000 Friday #67

Anyone know any synonyms for transparent? NoRethugFriends Saturday #80

Is Netanyahu secretly in cahoots with Putin? I guess we'll never know, but it sure looks like it FakeNoose Friday #10

Ya, both Netenyahu and the leaders of Hezbollah and Hamas have Moscow ties... haele Friday #35

If those people were of Palestinian heritage... ShadesOfBlue Friday #11

Not really - walkingman Friday #15

Dems are held to a higher standard because we're promoting problem solving haele Friday #42

So they didn't vote, or voted for the party of no standards --the GOP. Makes no sense. SunSeeker Friday #73

.. jfz9580m Friday #48

We live in the USA, not the Middle East. We are subjected to the rule of Trump. Everyone who lives here is! LeftInTX Friday #58

Good point!! Probably because under Trump they know they might be sent to the Gulag. walkingman Saturday #85

Not protesting because no funding/being told what to do. Dark money and leadership. You know, "grassroots." betsuni Saturday #94

+ 1000 AloeVera Saturday #101

They were mostly white, Latino, ME and Asian. LeftInTX Saturday #123

NOPE Skittles Saturday #142

I assume, unless they were personally and directly impacted, that their attitude is unchanged. IOW BootinUp Friday #12

When I saw Trump call himself and Netanyahu "war heroes" yesterday, my first thought was... W_HAMILTON Friday #13

I thought of Tulsi Gabbard calling Hillary "Queen of the Warmongers," but war is fun now! heroes! betsuni Saturday #95

They are busy blaming Democrats for not stopping Trump Nixie Saturday #99

I had a good friend who voted for Jill Stein. Grumpy Old Guy Friday #16

Prob the same as the people that wouldn't let the Palestinian Dem officials speak at the DNC. Eko Friday #18

Probbably not. SunSeeker Friday #39

I mean your probably right. Eko Friday #45

Right, if only we had let them get on stage and accuse Kamala of supporting genocide! SunSeeker Friday #51

But of course that was not what they were going to do. Eko Friday #54

Why should the "Uncommited" movement spokespeople get precious time at the DNC? SunSeeker Friday #62

So there weren't massacres in Gaza? Eko Friday #68

It is a LIE to suggest Biden was not trying to stop the killing in Gaza. SunSeeker Friday #72

Their people were/are dying. Eko Friday #75

Biden tried repeatedly to get a ceasefire. SunSeeker Saturday #83

We can all tell ourselves nice bedtime stories. AloeVera Saturday #130

He did not end it, he paused it and resumed it. Eko Saturday #155

Ummm, that's untrue. Some Americans did have family members KPN Saturday #136

I was being sarcastic. Eko Saturday #154

Oh, hell. And here I thought you were being an KPN Yesterday #158

Fuck 'em. They are beneath contempt. Unforgivable. Oopsie Daisy Friday #19

Political purists like the Bernie Bros didn't help either. ananda Friday #21

I've never ever considered voting for a Republican in my life DSandra Friday #29

Bernie pleaded for his supporters to vote for Kamala DSandra Friday #32

Prophetic. usonian Friday #57

Thanks for posting this, excerpt from the transcript ... cliffside Friday #64

Good for Bernie. Did Kamala say this too? AloeVera Saturday #156

That was such a needless straw man. LisaM Friday #22

Well, there WERE close to 50,000 dead Palestinians... AloeVera Saturday #143

No. But it was a straw man for the election. LisaM Saturday #157

It doesn't work like that. AloeVera Yesterday #159

Yes it was. The history and facts are well known. Blaming Democrats is disinformation, lies used to betsuni Yesterday #160

Sad but true marti Friday #24

They value Palestinians more than Americans DSandra Friday #25

Netanyahu and Putin are still playing them. nt SunSeeker Friday #36

That was never many people quakerboy Friday #26

Last I checked, they spend very little time mentioning Trump. SunSeeker Friday #43

What made a huge difference was social media womanofthehills Saturday #115

Lets refight old wars. Buzz cook Friday #27

Mostly dead! And Eisenhower wasn't Trump. LeftInTX Friday #56

Just about the falsest of false equivalencies NoRethugFriends Saturday #81

I wasn't even born! LeftInTX Saturday #148

Keep bringing it up wryter2000 Friday #28

I wonder how Harris and her advisors feel about not distancing herself from Biden, Ms. Toad Friday #30

+1 leftstreet Friday #37

Post removed Post removed Friday #44

How else would you categorize the continual focus on wall street economy, Ms. Toad Friday #55

I don't know who the fuck you were listening to, she was NOT "focused on the Wall Street economy." SunSeeker Friday #61

You need to take a chill pill, Ms. Toad Friday #78

How about you "take a chill pill" and go back and listen to what Harris said? SunSeeker Saturday #82

I have both listened to what she said Ms. Toad Saturday #87

I am not "sticking fingers in my ears." I am calling out lies. SunSeeker Saturday #89

1. They aren't lies. Ms. Toad Saturday #112

The almost militant response to anyone disagreeing is not the way to get people on your side crimycarny Saturday #140

lol, "the continual focus on wall street economy" PunkinPi Saturday #93

Truth be told at last JustAnotherGen Yesterday #164

You're correct on all counts, JAG... PunkinPi 9 hrs ago #169

What's a "Wall Street economy"? betsuni Saturday #113

When Biden (and Harris through most of her campaign) talk about how good the economy is, Ms. Toad Saturday #117

"failing to shift from 401K economy to paycheck economy"? mcar Saturday #110

Honestly dumber than MAGA D_Master81 Friday #33

What is several of your family members had been killed? iemanja Friday #74

Thousands of Israelis were slaughtered, raped, and kidnapped on Oct 6 mcar Saturday #105

Probably because in light of 2 million iemanja Saturday #119

there was tremendous outrage and sympathy Skittles Saturday #147

And what if several of YOUR family members were killed in GAZA? Jilly_in_VA Saturday #106

Why don't you explain the difference iemanja Saturday #118

Right now Jilly_in_VA Saturday #126

Seems like you are responding to a different thread. nt iemanja Saturday #127

Nope Jilly_in_VA Saturday #129

yes, it is dumb Skittles Saturday #144

How do you suppose it feels iemanja Saturday #145

WHAT IF!!! WHAT ABOUT!!!!!! Skittles Saturday #146

And it will never end JustAnotherGen Yesterday #163

Amen. Six117 Friday #34

You mean, how are the people who B.See Friday #40

Of course! They're still blaming Democrats! SunSeeker Friday #47

Too bad they failed to realize B.See Friday #49

6+ mil Democrats didn't vote Harris because Gaza? leftstreet Friday #41

Experts say 121,000 votes in 3 swing states (MI, PA & WI) were key in Harris' defeat. SunSeeker Friday #59

Just one of many reasons voters didn't turn out. Some not good on principle, including racism, misogyism, etc. marble falls Friday #76

This irritates me iemanja Friday #60

No, it absolutely shows understanding of history. SunSeeker Friday #65

Palestinians in Gaza were urging U.S. voters to vote for Kamala. PunkinPi Saturday #96

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Just before the DNC in August- 40,000 Palestinian lives lost in Gaza: UN Human Rights Chief pleads for end to fighting cliffside Saturday #84

Biden repeatedly tried to get a ceasefire. Hamas refused to lay down its arms. SunSeeker Saturday #88

I hope they love getting their faces eaten by leopards sakabatou Saturday #86

DNC should have made ads with Gaza carnage and blamed it on Trump. LeftInTX Saturday #91

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"you guys" wow, such a clueless comment. The purity mongers Nixie Saturday #102

This message was self-deleted by its author Submariner Saturday #103

It sucks when a member of your family did this cltap Saturday #104

I bet they feel smug Bobstandard Saturday #107

They were positively gleeful... PunkinPi Saturday #111

Pretty sure I just read an article about them protesting Democrats for what travelingthrulife Saturday #109

They were recently protesting Republicans too iemanja Saturday #121

i was aginist her stance on Gaza. Ir was one of those "lesser of two evils" moments. I voted for her. Ping Tung Saturday #116

Last convo with an old friend regarding her not voting for Hillary: "she knows where the levers of power are" and... Hekate Saturday #120

Ha, knowing where the levers of power are. Hillary untrustworthy, the TPP Obama's diabolical plot to screw U.S. workers betsuni Saturday #132

I know someone who still insists that the parties are no different from each other Quanto Magnus Saturday #122

They feel just fine because they were GOP posing as liberals the whole time. DiamondShark Saturday #124

I condemn what happened on Oct 7. I am sickened daily by what my country is facilitating in Gaza. mjvpi Saturday #125

Hard but simple truths. Yet STILL ignored. AloeVera Saturday #152

One of the growing list of things that we need to do as a nation to get our soul back. mjvpi Yesterday #161

I confess I didn't vote for Hillary in 2016, but not because I disagreed with 2 percent of her positions. generalbetrayus Saturday #128

Ignored Mysterian Saturday #134

Guilty, I hope. For contributing ... Dave says Saturday #135

Same ones who refuse to read instructions before assembling a purchase -- Big DIY and Establishment IKEA betsuni Saturday #137

I know a couple of them. cab67 Saturday #138

I think many of them were just looking for an excuse ThoughtCriminal Saturday #139

"even though the election was rigged," red dog 1 Saturday #141

Scapegoating is the easy way out. AloeVera Saturday #149

That's not why they didn't vote for her. Iggo Saturday #150

I've seen a few of them. The founder of Muslims for Trump is one example rpannier Saturday #151

If... myohmy2 Saturday #153

Trump-backing Muslim voters finally realize they 'made a big mistake': expert LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #162

Many so very boo hoo angry at mommy and daddy Democrats. betsuni Yesterday #165

"Trump-backing Muslim voters finally realize they 'made a big mistake'" Cha 21 hrs ago #167

MaddowBlog-Trump's new plan to 'take over' Gaza condemned as 'deranged' LetMyPeopleVote 23 hrs ago #166

They Were WARNED!! Cha 20 hrs ago #168