{"id":179575,"date":"2024-09-23T12:09:44","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T11:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asyarfs.org\/?p=179575"},"modified":"2024-09-23T12:09:44","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T11:09:44","slug":"mayor-of-only-muslim-run-city-in-us-endorses-trump-for-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asyarfs.org\/mayor-of-only-muslim-run-city-in-us-endorses-trump-for-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor of only Muslim-run city in US endorses Trump for election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/460486915_8628294607204985_9117230258877689744_n-1727054842.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"Trump\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The mayor of the only city in the United States with an all-Muslim government has endorsed former President Donald Trump for November\u2019s presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Amer Ghalib, who leads the city of Hamtramck in the crucial battleground state of Michigan, said on Sunday that the Republican candidate is a \u201cman of principles\u201d and \u201cthe right choice\u201d, despite their disagreements on some issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump and I may not agree on everything, but I know he is a man of principles,\u201d Ghalib said in a post on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThough it\u2019s looking good, he may or may not win the election and be the 47th president of the United States, but I believe he is the right choice for this critical time. I\u2019ll not regret my decision no matter what the outcome would be, and I\u2019m ready to face the consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, let the Caravan begin its journey,\u201d Ghalib added. \u201cThis is just the starting point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump reposted Ghalib\u2019s endorsement on his Truth Social platform shortly after the announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Hamtramck, which has a population of about 28,000 people, made headlines in 2021 when it became the first US city to elect an all-Muslim City Council and a Muslim mayor.<\/p>\n<p>Ghalib, who immigrated to the US from Yemen when he was 17, offered his support to Trump a little less than a week after meeting the Republican candidate before a town hall in the Michigan city of Flint.<\/p>\n<p>Ghalib told The Detroit News last week that the pair had discussed the concerns of Arab and Muslim Americans and that Trump had requested his endorsement.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan is one of seven key swing states expected to decide the outcome of November\u2019s contest between Trump and his Democratic Party rival, Vice President Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p>Opinion polls suggest a tight race between Trump and Harris both nationally and in battlegrounds such as Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>In the most recent average of polls compiled by The New York Times, Harris leads Trump in Michigan by 50 percent to 47 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Trump won Michigan in the 2016 election against Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, becoming the first Republican to prevail in the state since George HW Bush in 1988.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden flipped the state back to the Democrats in 2020, beating Trump by a margin of about 150,000 votes.<\/p>\n<p>Muslim-American anger over the Biden administration\u2019s support for Israel\u2019s war on Gaza has become a concern for Democrats as they face razor-thin races in the battleground states.<\/p>\n<p>In a poll released by the Council on American-Islamic Relations in August, just 12 percent of Muslim voters in Michigan expressed support for Harris, with 18 percent backing Trump and 40 percent supporting the Green Party\u2019s Jill Stein.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2024\/3\/18\/how-the-uncommitted-vote-against-bidens-gaza-policy-is-going-national\">Uncommitted National Movement<\/a>, a grassroots campaign aimed at pressuring Democrats to end their support for the war, announced that it would not endorse Harris after her team failed to meet a September 15 deadline to respond to a request for a meeting with families of Palestinians killed in Gaza.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mayor of the only city in the United States with an all-Muslim government has endorsed former President Donald 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