US Election 2024 Special | S4 E5 | (ADC) Guests: Maryam Hassanein, Safa Rifka, Susan Abulhawa and more

This week, host Ray Hanania takes “The Ray Hanania Radio Show" on the road to Dearborn, Michigan which has the largest concentration of Arab and Muslim voters and an Arab American Mayor. Hanania attended the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) Convention September 12 through the 15th that was held in Dearborn, and found significant opposition to both Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris, and overwhelming favoritism for third Party candidate Dr. Jill Stein.    There, Hanania spoke with Arabs who support Trump, and Arabs who support Harris but who also said Harris "has time to change" to take a stronger position challenging the policies of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Door is still open for them supporting Harris, they said, but it is closing fast. The Gaza conflict has seriously impacted American politics across the country.    Interviewed are Maryam Hassanein, an appointee of the Joe Biden administration who explains why she resigned in protest of his policies in Gaza. Hassanein She worked in the Department of the Interior as a Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary's office.   Also interviewed is Safa Rifka, the National Chairman of ADC who explains why they moved the annual convention from Washington DC to give Arab Americans a platform to address issues including the presidential elections.   Three Democratic Legislators were interviewed who participated in an ADC panel addressing questions from a contentious audience about who the Arab community should support for president,  Harris, Trump or Stein. The legislators include Michigan State Rep. Alabas Farhat, Georgia State Rep. Ruwa Romman, and Illinois State Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid. Romman defends Harris believing Arabs must work through the system and Farhat and Rashid believe the door is still open for Harris to take action against Israel's genocidal government policies in Gaza.   And, Hanania also interviews several activists who attended the ADC Convention on the issue of the presidential elections. First Susan Abulhawa the author of the 2010 book "Mornings in Jenin," then North Carolina activist Rania alMasri who disagrees with Romman and supports Stein; and, Minnesota democrat and uncommitted delegate Kevin Aldwaik who is supporting Trump.