Rep. Rashida Tlaib urges Michigan Democrats to vote against Biden

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THE STATE HAS A CASE. THAT THEY HAVE ENOUGH OR PROBABLE CAUSE? SURE. IS THE REASONABLE DOUBT? MAYBE. MOST OF THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST IT ARE LEGAL IN NATURE. BUT IF THE JURY BUYS THE LEGAL THEORY, THE FACTS SEEM TO BE THERE TO SUPPORT IT. >>> MICHIGAN ALSO HAS A DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY THAT IS GETTING UNEXPECTED ATTENTION IN THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. MICHIGAN CONGRESSWOMAN RASHIDA TLAIB URGING DEMOCRATS TO VOTE AGAINST PRESIDENT BIDEN. SHE IS A PALESTINIAN-AMERICAN WHO HAS PREVIOUSLY EXPRESSED DISSATISFACTION WITH THE WILL OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IN THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR. SHE EXPLAINED HER STANCE. >> THIS IS A WAY TO RAISE OUR VOICES. WE FEEL COMPLETELY NEGLECTED AND UNSEEN BY OUR GOVERNMENT. IF YOU WANT US TO BE LOUDER, COME HERE AND VOTE UNCOMMITTED. >> FROM THIS, LET'S BRING IN OUR SENIOR NATIONAL POLITICS REPORT IT. GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US. WHAT WORKING TO TELL US ABOUT HER COMMENTS? HOW DID WE GET TO THIS POINT? >> Reporter: THIS IS A CLEAR PLAY TO TRY TO GET VOTES AGAINST BIDEN IN THE PRIMARY, NOT TO PREVENT JOE BIDEN FROM WINNING THE PARTY NOMINATION, BUT ESSENTIALLY TO ACT AS AGAINST HIM AND AS POLICY TO SHOW HIM THE FORCE THAT CAN BE BROUGHT TO BEAR IN THE GENERAL ELECTION IF ARAB AMERICANS AND THOSE WHO SUPPORT THE PALESTINIAN SIDE OF THIS CONFLICT WITH ISRAEL, IF THEY DECIDE NOT TO VOTE FOR HIM IN THE GENERAL ELECTION. THERE ARE BETWEEN AND 300,000 ARAB AMERICANS IN MICHIGAN. JOE BIDEN WON MICHIGAN BY 150,000 VOTES LAST I. THE MATH ISN'T QUITE THAT SIMPLE, BUT THERE IS SOME CROSSOVER. I THINK WITH THE CONGRESSWOMAN IS TRYING TO DO IS ESSENTIALLY THREATEN JOE BIDEN IF HE DOES NOT CHANGE HIS POLICIES. >> WHAT ARE THE RESPONSES WE ARE HEARING TO HER CRITICISM? >> THE RESPONSES HAVE BEEN THAT THIS IS NOT THE WAY TO GET THE PRESIDENT TO CHANGE POLICY. YOU HEARD THAT VIDEO WITH THE CONGRESSWOMAN SING HURT -- SAYING HER COMMUNITY IS NOT BEING SEEN. I DON'T THINK THAT IS THE ISSUE, THAT HE DOESN'T HEAR ARAB AMERICANS. HE HEARS IT ALL THE TIME AT EVENTS. THERE ARE PROTESTERS. HE HEARS IT FROM HIS STAFF AND FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. THE ISSUE IS THAT HE DOESN'T AGREE WITH THEM. THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, IT IS NOT THAT THEY DON'T SEE CONGRESSWOMAN TLAIB, IT IS THAT THE GOVERNMENT POLICY IS DIFFERENT. WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM DEMOCRATS IS THAT THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO WEAKEN THE NOMINEE HEADING INTO THE GENERAL ELECTION. >> THE BIG PICTURE IS THAT THIS MAY NOT BE AN ISSUE FOR THE PRIMARY, BUT IT COULD BE A PROBLEM WHEN IT COMES TO WINNING MICHIGAN IN NOVEMBER. TRUMP WON THAT STAY IN 2016 AND CANDIDATE BIDEN WON 150,000 VOTES, ABOUT THREE PERCENTAGE POINTS. BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE THE MAJOR ENDORSEMENT. HOW TIGHT IS THIS BATTLEGROUND STATE GOING TO BE IN NOVEMBER? >> THERE ARE WAYS FOR JOE BIDEN TO WIN THE PRESIDENCY WITHOUT MICHIGAN, BUT IT IS CERTAINLY A LOT HARDER IF HE LOSES MICHIGAN IN TERMS OF ELECTORAL VOTE COUNT. THE WAYS IN WHICH MICHIGAN VOTERS TEND TO REFLECT WHAT IS ALSO GOING ON IN PENNSYLVANIA AND WISCONSIN. IT IS A CRITICAL STATE FOR JOE BIDEN. I THINK ONE OF THE BIG QUESTIONS IS, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF HIS POSITION CHANGED? IF SUDDENLY HE SAID, THE UNITED STATES DOESN'T STAND WITH ISRAEL, AND INSTEAD IS STANDING WITH THE PALESTINIAN SIDE ON THIS? WHAT WE DON'T SEE IS WHAT THE REACTION TO THAT WOULD BE. I SUSPECT THERE WOULD BE A STRONG REACTION TO
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Length: 4min 31sec (271 seconds)
Published: Mon Feb 19 2024
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