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BlueMTexpat

(15,374 posts)
2. I have been very pleased
Sun Nov 6, 2016, 05:12 AM
Nov 2016

and somewhat amazed that so many of my FB friends/former colleagues who are Arab and/or Muslim are so strongly supporting Hillary right now. I just wish that more of them could vote in the US, LOL!

In MI, the real issue for many Arab-Americans - many of whom are not Muslim - has been Hillary's failure to speak out against the ongoing Israeli mistreatment of Palestinians. They believed that Bernie's stance on this issue was a better one and I have a LOT of sympathy for that viewpoint as well.

I just believed from the get-go that Hillary was the stronger candidate all-round. Arab-Americans are both intelligent and fair enough to see that Trump is in no way whatsoever their friend - he just hasn't gotten around to bashing them specifically as Arab-Americans, mistakenly thinking he has covered that by bashing Muslims in general.

Given a choice between Hillary and the Orange One, I have no doubt whatsoever that the majority will choose the MUCH better option, which is Hillary.

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