Article in the NYT about the Muslim mayor who endorsed Trump, but I can’t find it atm.
Of course, he talks about Gaza and Trump claiming to want to end wars in Ukraine and Gaza. Low info Muslim voters who don’t know what Trump did last time may buy this, but I think nycfan’s comment above gets more at the heart.
A segment of Muslims in the United States have social conservative views in the same ways Christians do. It was only a matter of time before the right was able to co-opt this hate.
This was a liberal town that accepted people from Syria with open arms. Now, a Muslim majority on the council has voted to remove the LGBTQ+ flag from the city hall.
This isn’t an argument about whether we should or shouldn’t accept immigrants in from socially conservative areas, because I think we should.
But we need to do a much better job educating and providing opportunities for these people once they’re here. Same thing that happens with domestic Christians who aren’t educated or shown the world.