Uncommitted voters speaking to MSNBC expressed outrage over Vice President Kamala Harris’s speech at the Democratic National Convention, blasting her for not calling for a “permanent ceasefire” in the Israel-Hamas war.
MSNBC national correspondent Yasmin Vossoughian spoke to a group of five voters in Dearborn, Michigan after watching the DNC event. Four of the five were “uncommitted” voters while one had voted for President Joe Biden in a primary and plans to vote for Harris in November.
More than 100,000 Michigan Democrats voted “uncommitted” in the state primary where Biden was running as a form of protest against his support of Israel as the country continues to strike Gaza in an effort to eliminate the terror group Hamas. Biden and his administration have criticized the thousands of civilian deaths in Gaza, but ultimately backed Israel’s right to defend itself after they were attacked on Oct. 7 and more than 1,000 were killed and hundreds were kidnapped.
One voter told Vossoughian that Harris appeared to “downplay” what has been happening in Gaza.