Arab-American PAC on its refusal to endorse Kamala Harris: 'We don't have a seat around the table'

Osama Siblani, the steadfast of The Arab-American News and co-founder of the Arab-American Political Action Committee (PAC), discussed wherefore the radical was refusing to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris connected Wednesday, suggesting determination would beryllium nary quality betwixt her and erstwhile President Trump. 

Asked by CNN's John Berman whether helium believed determination would beryllium a "difference" betwixt a Trump presidency and a Harris presidency, Siblani said, "as acold arsenic overseas policy, I deliberation some of them are the same."

"We‘ve interviewed Kamala Harris, we‘ve interviewed radical from this campaign, and they said we volition person a spot astir the table. We don’t person a spot astir the table. We don’t person a spot successful the room. We don’t person a spot successful the building, successful the neighborhood, successful the city, successful the country," Siblani said.

The Biden medication has faced mounting backlash implicit his enactment for Israel amid the ongoing warfare successful the Middle East. Others person besides warned that Harris' enactment among Arab Americans and Muslims was "tenuous."

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CNN's John Berman spoke to Arab-American PAC co-founder Osama Siblani connected Wednesday astir his group's refusal to endorse Kamala Harris. (Screenshot/CNN)

Siblani explained his assemblage supported President Biden successful 2020 and continued to enactment his administration, but added that they voted for him due to the fact that helium was not Trump.

"We voted for him due to the fact that we were voting against Donald Trump. Now are we going to ballot for him again, which is his vice president, besides against Donald Trump? It doesn‘t enactment this way," helium said. 

Siblani's PAC and quality outlet is based successful Dearborn, Michigan, which is location to a ample Arab-American community.

Some salient Democrats successful the authorities person questioned Harris' standing, arsenic polls show the contention betwixt her and Trump is neck-and-neck. 

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Democratic statesmanlike nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a religion work astatine Koinonia Christian Center successful Greenville, N.C., Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024.  (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Democratic Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin sounded the alarm connected Harris' numbers successful the authorities portion speaking to a radical of donors.

"We person her underwater successful our polling," Slotkin added, according to audio Axios obtained from the event. 

Siblani criticized Trump during the interrogation arsenic well, but said the Harris run was besides ignoring their needs. 

"We person been trying to scope out. They person reached out, and we’ve been talking to the run for the past astir apt 4 oregon 5 months, and earlier for the aforesaid campaign, actually, with President Joe Biden. And we did not spot thing that brings to our attraction the interests of our assemblage and what’s happening overseas," helium said. "What are we going to ballot for? Who are we going to ballot for? The 2 main candidates person been ignoring our needs and therefore, we person decided to disregard them, not to ballot for them," helium said.

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The Harris run did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.