Trump campaign zeros in on sleeper demographic: Arab and Muslim American voters

(Washington Examiner) As former President Donald Trump looks to cut away at Vice President Kamala Harris’s recent surge in the polls, his campaign is zeroing in on a key voting demographic it is hoping to siphon away from Democrats: Arab and Muslim Americans.

Although considered a tried-and-true voting bloc for the Democratic Party, Trump’s allies are hoping to seize on unrest stemming from the war in Israel to boost the former president’s standing among the demographic ahead of the November election — particularly in battleground states. Michigan, for example, has a significant Muslim population, attracting some of Trump’s top surrogates to ramp up their messaging and outreach efforts.

“Donald Trump’s message to Arab Americans is the same message he gives to American Jews,” Richard Grenell, former acting director of national intelligence under the Trump administration, told the Washington Examiner.

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