Former United States President Bill Clinton is facing backlash from US Muslim and Arab Americans after saying Israel has been “forced” to kill civilians in Gaza and suggesting the country was in the Holy Land “first” – before the Palestinians.

Speaking at a rally for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris in Michigan, a crucial swing US state with large Arab and Muslim populations who the Democrats are trying to win over, Clinton said he understood people’s concerns about the bloodshed in Gaza, but said Israel had no choice but to inflict large civilian losses, even as it is accused of genocide in the International Court of Justice.

  • Omega
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    103 months ago

    If you live in a blue state, have you thought about moving to a red state? If enough people do, they’ll turn blue. (Seriously, California could easily flip the federal government by taking over a few red states. Please come to Arkansas and help us save it.)

    • NoneOfUrBusiness
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      263 months ago

      The thing about moving to a red state is that you have to live in a red state, which is… not a fun time.

      • Omega
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        83 months ago

        The low cost of living is nice.

        Worrying about literally everything that the state government does and knowing that my neighbors, at best, care more about political alignment with their neighbors than they care about the wellbeing of the people or their freedom is not nice.

      • @EvacuateSoul
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        23 months ago

        Arkansas is actually beautiful and has some trendy/lefty areas.

        • NoneOfUrBusiness
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          63 months ago

          I think this applies to all red states, because basically all American cities lean left, but in the end your life is being affected by a republican state government and that can’t be a good time. I mean you could be living in a lefty haven in Texas but you still can’t get an abortion, for example.

          • @EvacuateSoul
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            33 months ago

            True, and Texas is where I am. Hard to picture staying, but I never end up leaving.

      • @Ensign_Crab
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        13 months ago

        Ain’t gonna get better if all the good people flee and all the fashy shitheads move in.

      • @Ensign_Crab
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        3 months ago

        Doesn’t even have to be 200,000 Democrats. There are about 30,000 registered Democrats in Wyoming already.