(CNN) A contentious meeting at the White House on Tuesday was the latest warning sign to President Joe Biden, his administration and his campaign from key parts of the coalition that elected him in 2020.
Biden hosted several Muslim leaders at the White House to discuss Gaza, which was upended after the meeting’s sole Palestinian American participant — Dr. Thaer Ahmad, who has traveled to Gaza to treat wounded civilians — walked out in protest after handing Biden a letter from an 8-year-old orphan girl living in Rafah.
That act of protest was the latest in a string of slights from Muslim community leaders to White House and Biden campaign officials as they try to engage with Muslim American, Arab American and progressive voters over the war in Gaza.
