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Arab American leader Assad Turfe warns a Trump win could revive travel ban against Muslim countries
From CNN's Eva McKend
Assad Turfe speaks during a campaign rally for Vice President Kamala Harris in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on October 28.
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Assad Turfe, a prominent Arab American leader, spoke at the joint rally for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Monday night, lambasting former President Donald Trump’s previous comments about Muslims and the war in Gaza.
“We are mourning loved ones who have died in Gaza and Lebanon,” said Turfe, a Lebanese American and the deputy executive of Wayne County.
He criticized Trump’s term in office, saying the former president “spent four years demeaning (Muslims and Arab Americans) at every turn.” For instance, he pointed to the controversial travel ban Trump imposed in 2017 banning entry from seven Muslim-majority countries, which received fierce backlash and legal challenges.
If Trump returns to office, he could bring back the ban — and make it “even bigger than before,” Turfe warned.
Some context: Trump has tried to court Arab American and Muslim voters disillusioned or angry over US policy on Israel and Gaza — bringing several Muslim leaders onstage with him at a campaign rally in Michigan last week.
“They could turn the election one way or the other,” Trump said in the Detroit suburb of Novi, located about a half hour from Dearborn, which last year became the first Arab-majority city in the US.
Trump has criticized Israel’s war in Gaza on public relations grounds, saying Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his military need to “get it over with fast.” He has also slammed President Joe Biden and Harris for not adequately supporting Israel, though the current administration — and Harris’ campaign — has largely refused to criticize Israel or consider halting weapons shipments to the country.
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Walz will join a radio show Tuesday before making campaign stops in Georgia
From CNN's Aaron Pellish
Tim Walz speaks at a rally in York, Pennsylvania, on October 2.
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The Harris-Walz campaign has announced Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s Tuesday schedule.
He will do an interview on “The Dan Le Batard” radio show before hosting campaign events in two Georgia cities — Savannah on the state’s eastern coast and Columbus on the state’s border with Alabama.
