Summary

U.S. Muslim leaders who supported Trump to protest Biden’s stance on Gaza and Lebanon now feel betrayed by Trump’s pro-Israel Cabinet picks.

His appointments of Marco Rubio as Secretary of State, Mike Huckabee as ambassador to Israel, and Elise Stefanik as UN ambassador have drawn sharp criticism, with some accusing the administration of pursuing “Zionist overdrive” and “neoconservative” priorities.

Rabiul Chowdhury, a Philadelphia investor who chaired the “Abandon Harris” campaign and co-founded “Muslims for Trump,” and Rexhinaldo Nazarko, executive director of AMEEN, feel betrayed by broken promises of peace.

“It’s like he’s going on Zionist overdrive,” said Nazarko, adding, “it does look like our community has been played.”

151 points

If only there was any way to have seen this coming based on literally every single thing he’s said and done over the last decade!

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It’s so sad, but pointing this out as an obvious consequence would have been bullying. of course, and immediately shot down as such.

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It’s insane, honestly. An old coworker of mine who I sometimes stay in touch with is Muslim, and a Trump supporter. I’ve tried to figure out why, since Trump has never shown any meaningful support of Muslims, and all he could say is that the economy was good under Trump. Like… was having gas be $0.08 cheaper really worth having your actual family banned from entering the country? Not only was he already living paycheck-to-paycheck under Trump and still under Biden, but he was literally directly affected by Trump’s Muslim ban. I don’t know how you justify that with yourself.

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34 points

It’s simple. Kamala said it’s ok to be gay.

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I was called a racist for having the gall to criticize the Muslim movement to not vote Harris.

Me calling white christians stupid for voting for Trump because it actually hurts them is OK. But calling Muslims stupid for voting 3rd party or abstaining because it actually hurts them is racist.

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Don’t you know that pointing out the obvious consequences of electing trump before the election was actually supporting genocide?

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“don’t tell Muslims what to do” is what I would get every time I’d point out that Trump will do far worse.

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8 points

And good luck protesting with Noem heading DHS along with SCOTUS’s ruling.

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“It’s like he’s going on Zionist overdrive,” said Nazarko, adding, “it does look like our community has been played.”

You literally played yourself. No help from Trump. I can’t think of a single goddamn thing he’s said that was even vaguely pro-Palestine. Jesus Christ.

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I actually think it was Russia pushing a lot of this again. It’s exactly what they did to us Bernie supporters the last time we got the trump

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This is what I’ve been saying all along. The Abandon Harris movement was orchestrated to disillusion voters and make them stay home. Just like what happened with Bernie bros.

The logic of it was completely flawed. And every argument about how strategic voting is important under first-past-the-post, and how Trump would certainly be a worse choice on the subject of Israeli genocide, was met with “maybe you can support genocide, but I can’t.” Which didn’t address the issue at hand at all.

Our country is full of rubes of all shapes, sizes, and colors. Some fall for Trump’s rhetoric and vote for him, others fall for shit like this and don’t vote.

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All Russia did was push a narrative. The people that chose to believe it over unbiased news sources, friends and family, republicans, and their own eyes and ears watching Trump are fucking idiots.

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I think we should really stop blaming Russian propaganda and focus on blaming ourselves. There’s too large a portion of the US population who lap up easily refuted news and opinions. Russia didn’t make Americans stupid we did. Russia didn’t divide America, its been divided since its creation.

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I think there is plenty of blame to go around. In fact, I think the problem since the election has been that people refuse to admit that. As if there has to be one single entity you can point your finger at to blame everything on.

And certainly don’t consider yourself culpable in any way, shape or form.

I mean I consider myself culpable and I voted for Harris. But I also didn’t do anything to convince any of my neighbors to do it. I never phone banked or anything.

And yet somehow the “don’t vote for Harris because genocide” people think they have absolutely nothing to do with people not voting for Harris and it’s certainly not their fault in any way that she lost.

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4 points

I have utmost dislike in saying this, but: “ha, suckers”

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6 points

No ‘ha’ here from me. It’s just sad. And infuriating.

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3 points

Fair point

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56 points

Lol get fucked losers.

I’m done feeling sorry for dumbasses that shoot themselves in the foot then complain about the pain. Shut the fuck up and lay in the bed of shit you made.

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50 points

Damn, they sure showed Kamala LMAOOOO

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46 points

How much longer can the leopards keep eating faces?

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9 points

As long as they want because there will always be stupid people who believe them.

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3 points

Millions of people voted for Trump. The leopards have to wait around for the faces they’ve already eaten to digest. They’re feeling bloated already and they’re getting fatter and slower.

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2 points

I heard leopards are getting obese on eating so many faces

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1 point

They just keep running into faces.

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