“The Efforts Are Not Enough”: Rep. Ilhan Omar On Kamala Harris’s Failing Outreach To Muslim Voters

By Mehdi Hasan\Team Zeteo Photos: Zeteo\YouTube Screenshots In this new episode of Mehdi Unfiltered, Mehdi calls out Democratic Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris for her failure to win over Arab American and Muslim voters and distinguish herself from Biden when it comes to Gaza and conditions on aid to Israel. WATCH NOW “Just saying ‘Trump Trump Trump’ is not enough for most people; the reality is that most people, Muslims included, don’t just want to vote against something, they want to vote for something,” Mehdi says.& Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar joins Mehdi to discuss Harris’s performance among Arab Americans, telling Mehdi that Harris’s efforts to win over the Arab American and Muslim community are, “not enough.” “You cannot do outreach to a community when you cannot deliver the thing that they are asking for. And so, unless and when that happens, I am afraid that these voters are not going to come over and vote for her,” Omar says.& Watch Mehdi’s full interview with Rep. Omar to hear the two discuss more on Harris’s strategy, AIPAC, and Omar’s own re-election campaign.& Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha, who managed to escape occupied Gaza at the beginning of the war, talks to Mehdi...