Michigan ground zero as Biden pivots to left on Israel
By
Haisten Willis
March 28, 2024 7:00 am
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President Joe Biden knows Michigan will be crucial if he’s going to win a second term in the White House, and it is ground zero for the domestic political implications of U.S. policy on Israel and Gaza.
A Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll finds the race between Biden and Donald Trump tied after the former president had been ahead in the swing state for weeks.
Michigan made headlines following its Democratic primary for the more than 100,000 voters who wrote in “uncommitted” as a protest vote against Biden’s strong support for Israel. The president has been more equivocal in recent weeks when speaking about the Israel-Hamas war.
“They have a point,” Biden said Tuesday when pro-Palestinian protesters interrupted him during a speech in North Carolina. “We need to get a lot more care into Gaza.”
Biden initially outlined a strongly pro-Israel stance following the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attacks, recalling his first trip to the country in 1973 and flying in to meet with Israeli leaders the next week.
But pro-Palestinian protests have followed the president at nearly every stop in the months since, and the “uncommitted” campaign in Michigan threatens his stance in a critical “blue wall” state this November.
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