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OUR REVOLUTION BACKS ‘UNCOMMITTED’ CAMPAIGN AGAINST BIDEN IN
MICHIGAN  
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Olivia Rosane
February 14, 2024
Common Dreams
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_ "We're on a mission to send Biden a message on Gaza in Michigan.
Pledge your support for Vote Uncommitted," the group said. _

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Our Revolution is backing the movement urging voters to select
"uncommitted" on the Michigan Democratic primary ballot in an effort
to persuade President Joe Biden to stop enabling Israel's war on Gaza
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The group, which grew out of the effort to elect Sen. Bernie Sanders
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planning to send an email on Wednesday to its 87,000 members in
Michigan and around 225,000 national members asking them to vote
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on February 27, _The New York Times _reported
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Their efforts will join those of grassroots initiative Listen to
Michigan, which launched
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uncommitted campaign on February 6 and plans to contact 80% of 128,000
voters in its database. The aim is to send a message
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reject" his "funding war and genocide in Gaza."

"We're on a mission to send Biden a message on Gaza in Michigan," Our
Revolution posted
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social media Wednesday. "Pledge your support for Vote Uncommitted."

Former Michigan Democratic Rep. Andy Levin, who has endorsed
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call, told _The New York Times _that he thought the effort could be
a necessary corrective for the Biden campaign.

"I am working with some people who feel like they will never vote for
Joe Biden, but there are many, many, many I feel will vote for Joe
Biden on November 5 if he changes course," Levin said. "This is the
best way I can help Joe Biden."

While Biden defeated
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President Donald Trump in Michigan by around 150,000 votes, Trump
only defeated
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around 10,000. The key swing state has a sizable Arab-American
population, at more than 211,000 people, and the community is feeling
increasingly alienated and disillusioned by Biden's refusal to call
for a permanent cease-fire and to stop sending money and weapons to
Israel for an assault that has killed
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least 28,576 people, including
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than 12,300 children, in less than five months.

"Go to the ballot box and send Joe Biden a message."

"Uncommitted Michigan Democrats opposed to Biden's policy in Gaza can
demonstrate that we hold his margin of victory for reelection," Listen
to Michigan wrote [[link removed]] on its
website. "Biden must earn our vote through a dramatic change in
policy."

Our Revolution chairman Larry Cohen told _The New York Times _that
his goal was to persuade 10% of Michigan primary voters, or around
20,000 people, to vote "uncommitted." The group will spread its
message by phone banking, text banking, and holding events on college
campuses.

Before Our Revolution's support, the Listen to Michigan effort had
already won
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endorsement of more than 30 Michigan elected officials, including
state representatives, city council members, and mayors like
Dearborn's Abdullah Hammoud. Levin added his voice to the cause on
February 9.

Speaking in Ferndale, Michigan, Levin urged voters to select
"uncommitted" rather than staying home or voting for Marianne
Williamson, who has suspended her campaign, or Rep. Dean Phillips
(D-Minn.).

"Go to the ballot box and send Joe Biden a message," Levin said.

Levin added that Biden's Gaza policy was not something that could be
fixed by better messaging or political advertising, or by sending
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to speak with impacted communities.

"The carnage needs to end," Levin said, addressing Biden. "You need to
change course and be a peacemaker."

_Olivia Rosane is a staff writer for Common Dreams._

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