US Pro-Trump Muslim Leaders Rage Over Nominees

Reuters reports:

U.S. Muslim leaders who supported Republican Donald Trump to protest against the Biden administration’s support for Israel’s war on Gaza and attacks on Lebanon have been deeply disappointed by his cabinet picks, they tell Reuters.

“Trump won because of us and we’re not happy with his secretary of state pick and others,” said Rabiul Chowdhury, a Philadelphia investor who chaired the Abandon Harris campaign in Pennsylvania and co-founded Muslims for Trump.

Muslim support for Trump helped him win Michigan and may have factored into other swing state wins, strategists believe. Trump also nominated Mike Huckabee, an evangelical Christian who backs Israeli control of the West Bank and has called the two-state solution “unworkable,” as the next ambassador to Israel.

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Reuters: Trump’s pro-Israel cabinet picks upset Muslims who voted for him

“Trump won because of us and we’re not happy with his secretary of state pick and others,” says one anti-Harris “Muslims For Trump” co-founder in PA

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