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.

  • KITA
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    -52 hours ago

    In this thread: Keyboard warriors that think they know better than a two term president of the United states.

    I’m glad the Democrats have a spine against you losers. The world is a better place because of them.

    • @NABDad
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      44 hours ago

      Came here to say that exact thing. If only he would read it.

  • @[email protected]
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    597 hours ago

    For fucks sake, the Democratic establishment just seems to be composed almost entirely of people who are absolute champions at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

    Seriously, I’m moving if Harris can’t pull out a win.

    • @Intergalactic
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      I wish I could move, but I wouldn’t have enough money to do so, nor do I have the necessary “high skilled worker attributes” either.

      • @[email protected]
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        96 hours ago

        Same here, I feel your pain…

        The best I could hope for is possibly teaching English in another country, but I don’t know the exact requirements for that.

    • Omega
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      46 hours 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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        135 hours 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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          54 hours 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.

      • Blackbeard
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        56 hours ago

        There are just under 200,000 registered Republicans in Wyoming. If ~200,000 Democrats moved there long enough to establish residence, they could get a Democratic senator in 2026. Doesn’t seem insurmountable.

  • @surph_ninja
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    Like he was forced to starve 500,000 Iraqi children?

  • @IchNichtenLichten
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    126 hours ago

    Maybe just shut the fuck up for a few more days? What a silly old man.

  • @Ensign_Crab
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    106 hours ago

    He speaks for the entire centrist wing.

  • masterofn001
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    1. bill doesn’t even know what the meaning of “is” is.

    2. stfu bill

    3. Hillary was on his dick before the woman he exploited with a cigar in hand. Yet bill is still alive.

    4. stfu bill

    5. his willy may be slick but his skull is thick. History (including the fucking torah), archaeological records, genetic records, all say Israel was not first, and were, in fact, the ones doing all the genocide.