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Exclusive: Arab-American Democrat Mayor in Key Michigan County Had ‘Very Productive’ Meeting with Trump, Weighs Endorsement
Breitbart ^ | September 21, 2024 | Nick Gilbertson

Posted on 09/21/2024 9:54:06 PM PDT by mbrfl

The Democrat mayor of a community with many Arab-Americans in Wayne County, Michigan, who helped lead the uncommitted movement in the Democrat primary, told Sirius XM’s Breitbart News Saturday that his meeting with former President Donald Trump last week “was very productive” and well received by the community, which traditionally votes Democrat.

Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib (D) spoke with Breitbart News Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle in a nearly 20-minute segment on the program on the heels of his meeting with Trump in Flint, Michigan.

Hamtramck, along with Dearborn and other cities in Wayne County, have sizable Muslim and Arab-American populations that turned out in full force to protest the Biden-Harris administration’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war in the Democrat primary.

Michigan was notably where the “uncommitted” movement, made up of Arab-Americans, Muslims, young voters, and far-left progressives, began when more than 100,000 protested the Biden-Harris adminsitration with uncommitted votes in the Democrat primary.

Ghalib said his meeting with Trump materialized in part because many in Hamtramck and these neighboring communities are supportive of him and “the shifting dynamics” he is leading.

“That was the base for my communication with the Republican leadership, which resulted in a meeting with President Trump last week in Flint. It was a very productive meeting for about 20 minutes,” he said.

Trump was accompanied at the meeting by an assistant and Massad Boulos, a Lebanese businessman who is Tiffany Trump’s father-in-law.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: 2024election; amerghalib; breitbart; dearborn; election2024; endorsement; flint; genderdysphoria; hamtramck; homosexualagenda; invasion; islam; lebanon; massadboulos; matthewboyle; michigan; muslim; nickgilbertson; tiffanytrump; trump; waynecounty
Arab-American doesn't necessarily mean Muslim-American, so it's unclear if the mayor is an Arab Christian or Arab Muslim. But according to Wikipedia, in 2013, Hamtramck was the first in the country to report a Muslim majority population, and 4 of its 6 council members are Muslim.
1 posted on 09/21/2024 9:54:06 PM PDT by mbrfl
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To: mbrfl

Ghalib is a Yemeni Muslim.


2 posted on 09/21/2024 10:02:20 PM PDT by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: jjotto

waz that mean?


3 posted on 09/21/2024 10:21:42 PM PDT by Az Joe (Live free or die)
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To: mbrfl

Read a couple articles a while ago that President Trump was counting on his daughter Tiffany’s FIL to help in Michigan.


4 posted on 09/21/2024 10:44:15 PM PDT by edie1960 (Thi ul )
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To: null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; bitt; ...

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5 posted on 09/21/2024 11:16:26 PM PDT by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
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To: mbrfl; Pelham

Vast majority of Arabs in USA are Christian

60-75% depending who’s counting

I grew up with plenty in Mississippi

Saik
Maloof
Iupe
Thomas
Simon
Elias
Haddad
Farah
David

Most came early to late middle 1800s fleeing ottoman oppression of Arabs in Lebanon and Syria etc

Merchants and food and beverage

Some of their gals are quite nice and they’ve assimilated pretty completely


6 posted on 09/22/2024 12:19:26 AM PDT by wardaddy (Thank you God for saving president Trump from murder )
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To: mbrfl

There’s only so many seats at the table Amer,

Is you in or is you ain’t ?


7 posted on 09/22/2024 1:38:48 AM PDT by onona
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To: mbrfl

Hamtramck, not that long ago, was a town of Polish-Americans. It is a tragedy we have opened the doors to Muslims who destroy everyone of different religions.


8 posted on 09/22/2024 3:30:57 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: mbrfl

What time is the call to prayer in Hamtramck hyphenated American?


9 posted on 09/22/2024 4:27:07 AM PDT by PGalt ( Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: mbrfl

Waiting for $$$ from democrats.


10 posted on 09/22/2024 5:20:14 AM PDT by Hattie
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To: mbrfl; All

Where has Trump lost support? I keep hearing how he is gaining with XYZ group so why are the polls close? Where is Harris doing better than Biden did? White working class?


11 posted on 09/22/2024 5:37:59 AM PDT by wiseprince (Me)
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To: Hattie

Hamtramck was the city that banned gay pride flags from being hung on city property. The libs who supported the city council were shocked that any democrats would do that.


12 posted on 09/22/2024 5:39:02 AM PDT by Betty Jane
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To: Betty Jane

Maybe Trump sees areas of common interest between socially conservative Muslims and conservative Republicans.


13 posted on 09/22/2024 5:46:46 AM PDT by Yardstick
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To: wiseprince

Trump is doing better with the white working class than he did against Biden. He’s been losing some ground with college educated whites, esp. suburban white women. Some polls also show him losing some ground with seniors, perhaps because they are the one age group that still pays attention to the network news and the networks have gone full propagandist. Trump should really be running some ads about his “no tax on social security” (as well as tips and overtime) to appeal to seniors since the MSM won’t discuss it.

Overall, though, Trump is doing better in the polls still than in 2016 or 2020, so he’s likely gained with more groups than he’s lost.


14 posted on 09/22/2024 6:21:49 AM PDT by FenwickBabbitt (Volunteer at https://trumpforce47.com/ )
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To: Az Joe
waz that mean?

Don't turn your back toward them because their koran tells them to kill the Jew and the Christian.

15 posted on 09/22/2024 8:06:26 AM PDT by USS Alaska (NUKE ALL MOOSELIMB TERRORISTS, NOW.)
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