Traditionally Dem leaders in key Michigan voting bloc ditch Harris, endorse Trump

Some Arab leaders in southeast Michigan have heard enough from Vice President Kamala Harris and are now encouraging their community to throw their support behind former President Trump.

"Just look where we're at right now and look where we were before," Dearborn Heights Mayor Bill Bazzi told reporters during an online call Monday.

Bazzi's comments represent a growing sentiment among some Arab leaders in Michigan, where there has been increasingly negative sentiment around the Biden administration's handling of the conflicts in the Middle East.

In Dearborn, a suburb of Detroit with the largest per capita Muslim population in the U.S., a movement bubbled up earlier this year to "Abandon Biden" during the state's Democratic primary. While President Biden was still able to secure the nomination, leaders of the campaign against him hailed its success, noting that over 100,000 people failed to support the president and arguing they would continue to use their influence as the general election drew near.

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The Democrats' disconnect with many Arabs and Muslims in Dearborn has failed to improve since, even after Biden's decision to drop out of the race and Harris' quick ascent to the top of the ticket, leaving Democrats with a possible large hole in their typical coalition of support in a state that could make or break their chances at winning this year's election.

However, questions remained whether members of a community who have traditionally voted Democrat for so long and where Trump was deeply unpopular could suddenly turn around and support his latest bid for the White House, something Bazzi is now encouraging them to do.