As infuriated as she is by Joe Biden’s stalwart support for Israel, Layla Elabed has not ruled out voting for him in November.
A progressive Palestinian American community organizer in Dearborn, Mich., a majority Arab American city near Detroit, she doesn’t want to see Donald Trump back in office.
“Donald Trump has never been a friend to our community,” she told me as we sat in an airy, modern Yemeni coffee shop.
“We’re looking at unprecedented times where we are watching a genocide unfold in front of our eyes,” said Elabed.
That’s why Elabed is managing the Listen to Michigan campaign, which is organizing to get people to protest Biden’s handling of the war by voting “uncommitted” in Tuesday’s Democratic primary.
Persons:
Joe Biden’s, Layla Elabed, Donald Trump, “ Donald Trump, ”, Biden, Rashida Tlaib, it’s, Elabed, uncommitted
Organizations:
Israel, Democratic, Republican
Locations:
Israel, American, Dearborn, Mich, Detroit, Gaza, Michigan