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Former President Trump's run will not opportunity whether it would invited support from individuals who were caught connected video chanting "death to America" during a caller anti-Israel rally successful nan 2024 battleground authorities of Michigan.
A Dearborn crowd was led successful chants of "death to America" and "death to Israel" by Michigan-based activist Tarek Bazzi during nan International Al-Quds Day rally earlier this month.
When asked by Fox News Digital whether nan erstwhile president would beryllium unfastened to receiving support from those who engaged successful nan chants, Trump 2024 spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt called nan chanters "radical extremists."
"Crooked Joe Biden's weakness and his appeasement policies person strengthened our enemies overseas and emboldened extremist extremists present astatine home. When President Trump is backmost successful nan White House, he will bring bid and unity done spot and make America Great Again," Leavitt said.
BIDEN CAMPAIGN: WE DON'T WANT THE VOTES OF 'DEATH TO AMERICA' PROTESTERS IN MICHIGAN
While noting nan rumor of "radical extremists" successful nan United States, a erstwhile President Trump run spokesperson did not specifically opportunity whether Trump would return support from those who took portion successful nan anti-American and anti-Israel chants. (Spencer Platt)
Leavitt did not respond erstwhile asked if Trump would return support from those who took portion successful nan anti-American and anti-Israel chants.
Though galore Muslim Americans thin to support Democrats, 1 activistic successful nan area, Mike Hachem, has reportedly supported Trump successful nan past and has been moving to lead nan Abandon Biden activity successful Dearborn.
Hachem is 1 of a fistful of individuals down nan effort to not only person nan Arab organization successful Dearborn to ditch support for President Biden, but to move their support to Trump successful nan 2024 statesmanlike election.
Biden's re-election run denounced nan "death to America" chants successful a connection to Fox News Digital past week.
When asked if nan president would tribunal those agitators, Biden run spokesperson Charles Lutvak replied, "No."
Bazzi’s remarks were besides denounced by nan White House.
SWING STATE'S DEM GOVERNOR CONDEMNS 'DEATH TO AMERICA' CHANTS IN HER STATE MORE THAN A WEEK AFTER PROTEST
Local activistic Takek Bazzi. (Middle East Media Research Institute)
"The White House condemns these abhorrent and antisemitic remarks successful nan strongest terms," lawman property caput Andrew Bates told Fox News Digital. "As President Biden has said, America is nan top federation connected Earth and a beacon to nan world."
The run initially constricted its comments to nan chants themselves, mostly reciting nan White House statement.
Biden's run spokesperson Lauren Hitt told Fox News Digital that nan chants had been "condemned" by nan campaign. Lutvak reiterated that nan "Biden-Harris run denounces these disgusting and antisemitic remarks."
"President Biden knows America is nan top federation successful nan world. Full stop," Lutvak said.
The contention surrounding nan Dearborn rally comes amid nan city's emergence arsenic 1 of nan cardinal centers of guidance to Biden’s re-election bid. During past month's Democratic superior successful Michigan, much than 100,000 voters marked "uncommitted" connected their ballots alternatively of supporting Biden arsenic nan party’s nominee.
President Biden's run said it does not want nan ballot of anti-Israel agitators who chanted "death to America."
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The elector hostility toward Biden is chiefly a consequence of nan administration's stance connected Israel, which is astatine warfare pinch Hamas aft nan panic group's Oct. 7 onslaught connected nan Jewish State. Though nan White House has shown progressively tepid support for nan U.S. ally, galore of those opposed to nan Israeli violative stay unsatisfied.
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Kyle Morris covers authorities for Fox News. Story tips tin beryllium sent via email and connected X: @RealKyleMorris.
