Rashida Tlaib Snubs Kamala as Arab American Support Drifts to Trump

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Rep. Rashida Tlaib, an embattled member of the leftist so-called Squad, declined to throw her support behind Vice President Kamala Harris during a Detroit rally on Friday. 

Tlaib is one of the few top Democrats withholding support from Harris as she battles President Donald Trump in November. Instead, Tlaib urged her supporters to turn out to vote, all while snubbing Harris.

“Don’t underestimate the power you all have,” she said, as reported by The Detroit News and the New York Post. “More than those ads, those lawn signs, those billboards, you all have more power to turn out people that understand we’ve got to fight back against corporate greed in our country.” 

Tlaib has been a controversial critic of the Biden-Harris administration’s Middle Eastern policies, accusing the scandal-plagued government of turning a blind eye to the crisis in Gaza. 

Meanwhile, Tlaib, the only Palestinian American in Congress, has faced accusations of promoting anti-Semitic rhetoric against Israel, as the Jewish state seeks to rescue hostages taken to the Gaza Strip by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7, 2023. 

As reported by the Washington Examiner, other Democrats not backing Harris are Reps. Jared Golden, D-Maine; Mary Peltola, D-Ark; and Josh Harder, D-Calif.

On Friday, Tlaib drew attention to down-ballot races, calling on Democrats to support Michigan Supreme Court candidates Kyra Harris Bolden and Kimberley Thomas. “We’ve got to make sure that the nonpartisan part of the ballot gets filled in,” Tlaib added. 

Tlaib’s snub comes as Trump gains support within Michigan’s Arab American community, receiving endorsements from influential leaders in Dearborn—the U.S. city with the largest Arab American population. 

Also on Friday, Trump visited Dearborn, where supporters met with with applause. Many of those individuals likely include disillusioned Democrats who have threatened not to vote or vote third party in 2024.

See some of the Arab Americans who have announced their support for Trump in recent weeks:

Trump Files FEC Complaint over WaPo’s Boost of Kamala Stories

(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s team filed a Federal Election Commission complaint after it was revealed that the Washington Post was promoting anti-Trump stories that would benefit the campaign of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.

The team cited Semafor’s report, in which the news source claimed that the newspaper “aggressively ramped up its paid advertising campaign, boosting dozens of articles related to the election.”

The National Pulse also reported on the Post’s blatant anti-Trump propaganda.

According to Semafor, the Post’s articles about Harris “were relatively neutral in tone and focused on her innovative digital strategy, her policy proposals, and her chances of winning next week.” However, the newspaper was very critical of Trump.

Semafro noted that the Post boosted multiple anti-Trump articles, “including about Trump’s campaign rhetoric, his misstatements, his allies’ attempts to ‘energize him as he struggles to adapt to Harris,’ how his campaign damaged Springfield, Ohio, his fixation on the fictional serial killer Hannibal Lecter, how crowds leave his rallies early and his questioning of the results of the 2020 election, among other stories.”

“The facts support a reasonable inference that the Washington Post made, and Harris for President accepted, an illegal corporate contribution in the form of coordinated communications,” Trump’s team wrote. “Therefore, the Commission should find reason to believe a violation has occurred, conduct an immediate investigation, and assess an appropriate sanction for this corporate interference in our elections.”

Republican political strategist Chris LaCivita previously wrote on Twitter, claiming that the recently discovered information could result in an FEC complaint.

“I smell an FEC complaint. [This] is classic election interference,” he wrote.

The recent news came after the Post’s leadership announced that it would no longer endorse political candidates. The paper’s owner, Jeff Bezos, also claimed that the Post should hire more conservative opinion writers and defended the paper’s decision not to endorse Harris for president.

FEMA Whistleblower Exposes Org. for Prioritizing DEI Over Americans

(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) A Federal Emergency Management Agency whistleblower recently exposed the organization’s prioritization of fulfilling its DEI policies over suffering Americans.

“There are higher priorities given to different racial groups,” FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Emergency Manager for REGION 4 Kelsey Goodman said while talking to James O’Keefe.

Goodman told O’Keefe that FEMA’s primary goal is not Americans but “equity.”

“The number one goal of FEMA is to instill equity in emergency management. It’s not to save lives. It’s not to create stronger communities that will weather future disasters,” she said.

Goodman also confirmed that FEMA wasn’t on the ground.

“[The] residents are very upset. They don’t see FEMA on the ground,” she said. “We are not there, and they’re very frustrated.”

Goodman also told O’Keefe that the organization told its employees that those who disagree with the recent status quo are “bad actors” who are “spreading misinformation.”

“We are prioritizing disadvantaged communities when there’s no clear definition of what that is,” she said. “When you’re dedicating that time and those resources to things that you can’t tie to fact… you’re not dedicating to the things that matter, which is helping American families stay safe.”

Goodman acknowledged that she could have problems after speaking out but said that it was the right thing to do.

“If you feel a calling from the Lord… you need to speak the truth,” she said, urging the organization to prioritize Americans. “We have the resources. We need to get back to basics and use them to actually help people.”

FEMA showed its true colors after southern states were significantly affected by Hurricane Helene. When people were missing and dying, the organization was sending just $750 per person, setting up “rumor control,” deflecting the blame and ignoring half of the phone calls from Hurricane Helene victims.

Hail Mary? Hillary to Promote Kamala

(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) Hillary Clinton will promote Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris at a Saturday event, indicating that Harris’s campaign is desperate.

WTSP reported that Clinton would visit Tampa, Fla., to promote her recent book, which nobody wants to read, and encourage Americans to vote for Harris.

“Take a break from getting out the vote and refill your cup with a chat about why fighting the good fight is always worth it,” she wrote in an Instagram post.

Conservatives on Twitter didn’t miss an opportunity to mock Clinton and the entire Democratic Party.

“Kamala Harris is closing the race out by appearing with Hillary Clinton. Man, the post-mortems of this campaign are going to be brutal,” @bonchieredstate wrote.

Conservative commentator Benny Johnson also went as far as visiting the event, proving that most people didn’t bother attending it.

“Hillary Clinton is speaking at an official Kamala Harris event in Downtown Tampa. This is the line to get in as the doors open,” he wrote.

He then made a sarcastic post about how many people attended the event.

“The ENERGY at this official Kamala Harris ‘rally’ is so strong! There are literally dozens of people here. How will Trump ever compete?” he wrote.

In another post, he continued showing that almost nobody supports Harris.

“I’m inside the official Kamala Harris ‘rally’ going on right now in Tampa, Florida. Hillary Clinton is about to take the stage. The tiny event room is half-empty. There are *maybe* 200 people here. There is zero energy. Lots of staff panic. This is a dying campaign,” Johnson wrote.

He also reminded conservatives that there are still people who wear coronavirus masks.

“The year is 2024. We are in Florida. And there are at least 50 adults wearing face masks at this poorly attended Kamala rally. Some of them are dancing. Do you feel the joy?” Johnson wrote.

The coverage of the event didn’t last very long because leftists called police officers and asked them to remove Johnson from the event.

“Amazing how much Democrats *love* the cops when someone is committing a thought-crime at a Kamala rally or raising an orphan squirrel,” Johnson wrote.

Clinton was not the first to try to save the dying Harris’s presidential campaign. Before her, President Barack Obama, his wife, Michelle Obama, and President Bill Clinton attempted to attract more voters.

 

YouTube Pushes Back Against NY Times’ Attempts to Censor Conservatives

(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) Despite its reputation as one of the most well-known Big Tech censors, YouTube surprised conservative Americans by pushing back against the New York Times’ claim that some right-wing political commentators were spreading “misinformation” right before the election.

The Times pressured YouTube to censor or outright deplatform political commentators like Tim Pool, Michael Knowles, Tucker Carlson, Ben Shapiro, Steve Deace and Rudy Giuliani, but the Big Tech platform refused.

“The ability to openly debate political ideas, even those that are controversial, is an important value — especially in the midst of election season,” she said in a statement to the newspaper.

After realizing that YouTube won’t censor those people, the Times made the Big Tech platform one of the villains in the story.

“Within months [after June 2023], the largest video platform became a home for election conspiracy theories, half-truths and lies. They, in turn, became a source of revenue for YouTube, which announced growing quarterly ad sales on Tuesday,” the newspaper wrote.

The Times also claimed that YouTube has “acted as a megaphone for conspiracy theories.”

“The commentators used false narratives about [2020 election] as a foundation for elaborate claims that the 2024 presidential contest was also rigged — all while YouTube made money from them,” the newspaper wrote.

Conservatives on Twitter criticized the Times for its attempts to silence those who oppose the mainstream media narrative.

“This article is effectively trying to strongarm YouTube into censoring voices that the New York Times disapproves of. Shameful behavior from a newspaper,” @TheRabbitHole84 wrote.

Conservative commentator Ian Miles Cheong also responded to the recent news.

“You really don’t hate the New York Times enough,” he wrote.

People from the free-speech platforms also used their chance to criticize the Times and promote their companies.

Notice how the New York Times is targeting @TuckerCarlson [and] @benshapiro on YouTube, even though those same creators are also on Rumble. Reason why? They know Rumble will them to [f***] off,” CEO of Rumble Chris Pavlovski wrote.

Twitter’s CEO Linda Yaccarino also responded to the recent article.

“We are not afraid of Media Matters. We are not afraid of The NY Times. And they shouldn’t be afraid of an informed group of citizens who are dedicated to preserving freedom of speech. Yet THEY seem to be?” she wrote.

Conservatives mentioned in the article also responded after discovering that the Times was working on the hit piece.

Political Realignment in 2024 has Changed American Politics

(Casey Harper, The Center Square) Kamala Harris and President Donald Trump face off at the ballot box on Tuesday with control of the U.S. Senate and House up for grabs.

This election cycle has featured unusual alliances and demographic shifts not seen in recent elections.

Billionaire Elon Musk joined former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and former Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to endorse Trump this time around.

Meanwhile, Harris has taken to the campaign trail with former Republican U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, daughter of former Republican Vice President Dick Cheney, meaning the iconic Kennedy and Cheney brands are opposing one another yet again, but from the opposite sides this time around.

Those changes come alongside unusual demographic inroads for Trump while men shift more Republican and women favor Democrats, an apparently widening gap for the two sexes.

Union workers, Hispanic voters, and Black voters are traditionally Democratic-favoring demographics that Trump has managed to curry favor with this election.

“He’s changed the makeup of the Republican coalition, and some of them are formerly Democratic,” campaign veteran and former Mitt Romney spokesperson Ryan Williams told The Center Square. “And if you are in a tight race in a purple state, you want to appeal to those voters and try to get them to split their ticket.”

Polling shows that Harris has about 80% support among Black voters nationally. Former President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and President Joe Biden all managed to get between 90% and 95% support from Black voters.

Trump has marginally increased his support among Black voters and made even better strides among Hispanic voters.

As The Center Square previously reported, ​​Noble Predictive Insights published new polling Tuesday reporting that Harris leads Trump with Black voters 78% to 20% and with Hispanic voters 50% to 45%.

“He’s reminiscent of Bush 2004 numbers,” said Williams, now at Targeted Victory, referring to when former President George W. Bush got 40-44% of the Hispanic vote, depending on which survey or analysis you cite.

“Trump can reach out and connect to these voters in a way that my old boss, Mitt Romney, couldn’t,” Williams continued. “That’s not to say that Republicans are going to win these groups, but they are going to lessen the margin which is why I think that this race is so close at this point.

“You are essentially heading into a dead heat in so many states because Trump has managed to slice into traditionally Democratic constituencies and narrow the margins,” he added.

The demographic realignment has a big impact in down-ballot U.S. House and Senate races with 33 Senate seats in the balance. All 435 House seats are up for reelection every two years.

In the Senate, Democrats are defending about twice as many seats as Republicans, painting a tough picture for the party. Republicans are also considered slight favorites to take the U.S. House, according to betting markets.

Democrats have been working hard to resurrect their relationship with Black voters, with Harris rolling out new policies and even Obama chiding Black men about not voting for Harris.

Last month, Obama told a gathering of Black men to vote for Harris and suggested they would not support her because she was a woman, a comment that sparked pushback and criticism for Democrats.

“Respectfully, President Obama, what you said is not acceptable,” ESPN’s most famous host, Stephen A Smith, who is Black, said on one of his shows after the remarks. “Is it possible that the reason some Black folks may not be inclined to vote or may be a bit disenchanted or dare I say may go as far as voting for Trump, is it possible that it’s policy as opposed to misogyny?”

“Inflation, the cost of living, the cost of gas, the cost of groceries, that don’t matter?” he continued. “Immigration and our borders and this belief that there’s an elevated level of sensitivity toward them as opposed to Black folks struggling if not starving in this country? Yes that plays a role too.”

Trump and Harris Host Dueling Last-Minute Rallies in Milwaukee

(Headline USA) President Donald Trump and Kamala Harris hosted rallies within 7 miles of each other Friday night in the Milwaukee area as part of a fevered final push for votes in swing-state Wisconsin‘s largest county.

Milwaukee is home to the most Democratic votes in Wisconsin, but its conservative suburbs are where most Republicans live and are a critical area for Trump as he tries to reclaim the state he narrowly won in 2016 and lost in 2020.

“Both candidates recognize that the road to the White House runs directly through Milwaukee County,” said Hilario Deleon, chair of the county’s Republican Party.

Harris’s aircraft touched down at Milwaukee’s airport about 40 minutes ahead of Trump’s private plane, which he has dubbed Trump Force One. The planes parked near each other, but the candidates did not cross paths.

Both venues drew roughly the same number of people, based on crowd estimates provided by each campaign.

The two rallies — Trump was in downtown Milwaukee and Harris in a suburb — may be the candidates’ last appearances in Wisconsin before Election Day. Both sides say the race is once again razor tight for the state’s 10 electoral votes. Four of the past six presidential elections in Wisconsin have been decided by less than a point, or fewer than 23,000 votes.

It was “absentee votes” from Milwaukee, which typically are reported early in the morning after Election Day, that tipped Wisconsin for President Joe Biden in 2020.

Democrats must turn out voters in Milwaukee, also home to the state’s largest Black population, to counter Trump’s support in the suburbs and rural areas.

Trump is trying to cut into the Democrats’ margin.

Trump, whose base includes working-class voters, has reached out to rank-and-file union members, who have traditionally been core to the Democratic coalition.

Trump supporters waiting in line for his Milwaukee rally said they were feeling optimistic about his chances of winning next week.

“I feel the Democrats can only win if they cheat,” said Matt Kumorkiewicz, 55, a retired carpenter from nearby Oak Creek, echoing a common refrain from the former president.

He and several others in line were wearing yellow reflective safety vests in response to Biden’s comment calling Trump supporters “garbage.”

Trump spent the afternoon in the Detroit area, where he stopped at a restaurant in Dearborn, the nation’s largest Arab-majority city, to meet with supporters.

Wisconsin Republican Party Chair Brian Schimming said that Harris having to return to the Democratic stronghold of Milwaukee shows she is on defense while Trump is on offense.

Trump’s rally was staged in the same arena where the Republican convention took place three months ago.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

Venezuelan Gang Members Accused of Murder

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) More illegal immigrants who are confirmed Venezuelan Tren De Aragua prison gang members continue to be arrested for committing violent crimes in Texas.

Three Venezuelan men, all in the country illegally, were the latest to be arrested on capital murder and aggravated kidnapping charges that are believed to have occurred in Farmers Branch, a northwestern suburb of Dallas.

Two suspects were arrested in Aurora, Colorado; one was arrested in Las Cruces, New Mexico. All three are being extradited to Texas. A fourth remains at large.

All five Venezuelan men are believed to be part of a national ATM theft ring, Farmers Branch Police Department announced this week.

The three who were arrested were charged with the capital murder of 33-year-old Nilzult Petit, also a confirmed TDA gang member.

The arrests are connected to Petit’s August 24, 2024, murder. Farmers Branch police officers found his body with a single gunshot wound to the head. FBPD and Lewisville PD officers also found two juveniles believed to be known to Petit who were found in the early morning hours on the same day walking along the I-35 service road in Lewisville.

Upon recovering them, the officers learned that “Petit and the two juveniles had been forcibly taken by several unknown suspects from an apartment complex on Fair Oaks Crossing in Dallas around 12:30 a.m. The suspects drove Petit and the juveniles to the location in Farmers Branch, where Petit was subsequently shot and killed. The suspects then fled the scene with the two juveniles in a light-colored four-door sedan before releasing the juveniles, unharmed, on the IH-35E service road,” FBPD said in a statement.

Through an extensive investigation, FBPD detectives were able to initially identify two suspects who they believe were Petit’s associates allegedly involved in a complex ATM theft operation targeting several locations nationwide. After the latest ATM theft offense, “the suspects accused Petit of withholding portions of the stolen money” from others in the theft ring. They reportedly confronted Petit and demanded payment, “which he was unwilling or unable to provide. Petit and the two juveniles were then forcibly taken from” their apartment complex, driven to the area in Farmers Branch where he was murdered execution style, FBPD said.

The investigation led FBPD detectives to Aurora, Colorado, where they traveled in September to interview two suspects. They were already in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody. They were subsequently charged with capital murder and aggravated kidnapping and are awaiting extradition to Texas.

Working with U.S. Department of Homeland Security Investigations, detectives were also able identify a third suspect, believed to be the alleged mastermind of the ATM theft operation. On Oct. 11, he was apprehended in Las Cruces, New Mexico, on outstanding warrants for capital murder and aggravated kidnapping out of Dallas County. He is also currently awaiting extradition.

Through the course of the investigation, detectives also confirmed that Petit and all of the suspects are affiliated with TDA and the murder isn’t related to any other investigation or criminal case in Farmers Branch.

A fourth suspect, Jhonny Jesus Martinez Serrano, 29, remains at large. Anyone with information about his whereabouts is encouraged to contact the FBPD, including anonymously, at 972-919-1406 or [email protected].

FBPD is actively working with numerous law enforcement agencies, which it says “were instrumental in the investigation, search for, tracking of, and apprehension of the capital murder suspects.”

Federal agencies involved in the case include DHS HSI; ICE; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; the FBI; U.S. Marshals Service; and U.S. Secret Service.

State agencies involved in the case include Texas Department of Public Safety; Texas Financial Crimes Intelligence Center; Colorado Bureau of Investigations; Colorado State Police; and the South Dakota Prosecutor’s Office. County agencies include Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Campbell County, Wyoming; Meade County, South Dakota; Dona Ana County, New Mexico; and the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office.

City agencies include the Dallas Police Department; Aurora Police Department; Gillette, Wyoming, Police Department; Middleburg Heights, Ohio, Police Department; Belle Fourche, South Dakota, Police Department; Oklahoma City Police Department; Lawton, Oklahoma, Police Department; Irving Police Department; Greenville Police Department; and Carrollton Police Department.

The multi-agency operation was underway as Gov. Greg Abbott launched an initiative to crack down on TDA crimes that have exploded under the Biden-Harris administration. He also designated the TDA as a foreign terrorist organization.

Texas DPS is also offering up to $5,000 in rewards for information that leads to TDA gang member arrests. DPS and city law enforcement operations continue to successfully target TDA crime in Dallas, Houston and San Antonio, The Center Square reported.

The news comes as more than one million Venezuelans have been reported illegally entering the country under the Biden-Harris administration, The Center Square exclusively reported.

MURDOCK: World Can’t Afford 4 More Years of Biden–Harris’s Diplomatic Discord

(Deroy Murdock, Headline USA) Is Earth more peaceful now than it was four years ago?

No.

President Donald J. Trump left the world relatively tranquil. Nearly four years of Kamala Harris’s and Joe Biden’s strategic ham-handedness have made war the new normal.

Rockets and mortars fired at Israel by year
Rockets and mortars fired at Israel by year – 2017 to 2024 (Color graph – Oct. 25 2024)

According to the Jewish Virtual Library, during Trump’s first 45 months—Jan. 20, 2017 through Oct. 25, 2020—Israel’s enemies fired 1,171 rockets and mortars at the Jewish nation–state. Kamala–Biden’s analogous figure: 24,560—up 1,997%.

During Trump’s fourth year in office— such onslaughts totaled 128. Kamala-Biden: 11,441—up 8,883%.

Rockets and mortars fired at Israe
Rockets and mortars fired at Israel by year – 2017 to 2024. (Updated chart – Oct. 25, 2024)

“The rise in rocket attacks on Israel in recent years, especially over the past 12-plus months, shows how Iran and its proxies like Hezbollah and Hamas become more emboldened as they see more strategic daylight between the United States and Israel,” said Michael Makovsky, president of the Jewish Institute for National Security of America.

“Harris and Biden did everything they could to throw Iran’s terrorist leaders a lifeline after President Trump had them in a box, broke, and begging for mercy,” said John Ullyot, Trump’s National Security Council spokesman.

The author of The Biden–Harris Betrayal: Weak and Woke on the World Stage added: “They Venmo’d Iran’s leaders tens of billions of dollars by breaking Trump’s vise-grip of sanctions, and the Mullahs wasted not a second in passing this windfall on to their puppets—Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis.”

Abraham Accords signing
Abraham Accords signing ceremony with President Trump and leaders of Bahrain, Israel and UAE. / PHOTO: Tia Dufour, White House

“With President Trump, we had maximum pressure and the Abraham Accords. And now, with Harris and Biden, we have maximum chaos,” Brigadier General Anthony Tata, U.S. Army (retired) told Fox & Friends on Oct. 26.

Indeed, Trump brokered four peace agreements between Israel and Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Sudan, and Morocco.

ata added: “The whole region is on fire right now, because of the Harris–Biden incompetence.”

Thursday’s bad news confirmed that the world was safer four years ago.

Trump nicknamed North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un as “Little Rocket Man,” amusing millions and annoying America’s stone-faced foreign-policy establishment.

Trump and Kim shared a June 2018 summit in Singapore and, eight months later, a second huddle—in Hanoi.

In June 2019, Trump journeyed to the Demilitarized Zone. Walking mere feet into the Hermit Kingdom, Trump ventured historical miles when he shook Kim’s hand on his own soil.

Trump meets Kim Jong Un
President Donald J Trump meets Kim Jong Un at the Korean Demilitarized Zone. / PHOTO: Shealah Craighead, White House

While Trump did not denuclearize the Korean Peninsula, he kept Kim calm. The underground atomic-bomb tests that Kim repeatedly triggered during Obama–Biden stopped after he met Trump. So did Kim’s long-range test missiles, which had boosted their potential reach, ever-closer to America’s shores. While Trump was in command, Little Rocket Man stayed cool.

Similarly, Obama–Biden watched Russian thug Vladimir Putin invade and then annex Ukraine’s Crimea region. But during Trump’s tenure, Putin kept his tanks to himself.

In frightful contrast, Kamala’s and Joe’s lassitude proved provocative. After witnessing America’s shambolic August 2021 abandonment of Afghanistan to the Taliban, Putin invaded Ukraine in February 2022.

Two years and eight months later, the carnage grinds on. Despite $106 billion in U.S. military assistance to Kiev, this conflict seems light years from conclusion.

Even worse, some 8,000 North Korean troops are in Russia’s Kursk region and could start fighting Ukrainian forces “in the coming days,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned on Halloween. With an Asian nuclear power about to embroil itself in this European conflict, it’s beginning to look a lot like World War III.

Also worrisome: Little Rocket Man on Thursday conducted his most ominous missile trial yet. This ICBM flew for 86 minutes and climbed 4,350 miles—new milestones for Pyongyang. By comparison, the International Space Station orbits at 250 miles.

From Israel to Ukraine to North Korea, the rockets’ red glare and bombs bursting in air give proof that Earth was safer four years ago.

Through Tuesday, voters have a clear choice: four more years of Kamala’s chaos or four more years of Donald J. Trump’s Peace through Strength, no new wars, and treaties piling up like autumn leaves.

Deroy Murdock is a Manhattan-based Fox News contributor.

Kamala Busted Running Two-Faced Ads for Jewish and Arab Audiences

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Vice President Kamala Harris has been caught running edited ads seemingly designed to manipulate Jewish voters in Pennsylvania and Arab Americans in Michigan into believing she has their back. 

The ads, seen on Facebook, feature Harris’s speech from the Democratic National Convention and another undated address, where she spoke about the ongoing Israeli-Hamas war. CNN, a liberal network, reported that the Harris campaign ran the ads to court support from different voters in the two battleground states.

In Pennsylvania, the ads cut out parts of the DNC speech when Harris expressed support for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The ads instead present Harris as a staunch defender of Israel.

Harris specifically said: “I will always stand up for Israel’s right to defend itself, and I will always ensure Israel has the ability to defend itself, because the people of Israel must never again face the horror that a terrorist organization called Hamas caused on October 7, including unspeakable sexual violence and the massacre of young people at a music festival.” 

Conversely, the ads in Michigan feature Harris, as seen in another event, affirming: “What has happened in Gaza over the past nine months is devastating. … Our common humanity compels us to act.”

The Harris campaign did not respond to CNN’s request for comment about the contradictory messaging. 

On X, critics, including the Republican Jewish Coalition, lambasted Harris for her convenient approach to the Middle Eastern conflict.

Turning Point founder Charlie Kirk stated, “Everything about Kamala’s campaign can be summed up as ‘lie and deflect as much as possible and pray it works.’”  

New York City Councilwoman Inna Vernikov chimed in, “A good summary of her candidacy.” Rep. Rich McCormick, R-Ga., argued that the conflicting ads are “proof” Harris “will say anything to get elected. How can you trust anything she says?”