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As press conferences go, the one held at a building that is home to the American Arab Chamber of Commerce in Dearborn, a suburb of Detroit, on October 27th was uncomfortable. On one side of a boardroom table, opposite a crowd of cameras and microphones, sat around a dozen men and women who are influential in Arab-American circles. Taking turns to speak, each of them explained how they were directly affected by war in the Middle East; how they felt disappointed and betrayed by President Joe Biden; and how despite it all, they would still be voting for Kamala Harris.
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