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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Melissa Hellmann

Uncommitted movement declines to endorse Harris – but warns against Trump presidency

a side-by-side image of a person holding a sign that reads 'vote uncommitted' and Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris has failed to secure the support of a growing movement of voters focused on the war in Gaza. Composite: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

The Uncommitted National Movement announced that it will not endorse Kamala Harris for president, saying on Thursday she failed to respond to the movement’s requests that she meet with Palestinian families in Michigan and to discuss a ceasefire in Israel’s war on Gaza by 15 September.

“Vice-President Harris’s unwillingness to shift on unconditional weapons policy or to even make a clear statement in support of upholding existing US and international human rights law has made it impossible for us to endorse her,” Abbas Alawieh, an Uncommitted leader and delegate from Michigan, said during a press conference on Thursday.

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