‘Trump is the only hope for peace’: Arab Americans in Michigan desert Democrats over Gaza
by Stephen Starr in Hamtramck, Michigan from on (#6RF2B)
Hamtramck, population 28,000, has new Trump campaign office weeks from election in hopes of gains in swing state
That the Trump campaign would open an office in Hamtramck, a tiny city of around 28,000 people north of downtown Detroit, less than a month before the election, speaks to a particular curiosity of the 2024 presidential race.
About 40% of Hamtramck's residents are of Middle Eastern or north African descent, 60% are believed to be Muslim Americans, and the city has an all-Muslim city council.
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