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Report: Democrats’ internal review finds Harris lost votes in 2024 due to her stance on Gaza
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An internal investigation within the US Democratic Party has found that former US vice president Kamala Harris’s stance on Gaza and Israel’s war against Hamas cost her votes in the 2024 election, the Axios news outlet reports.
According to Axios, this information was uncovered by the Democratic National Committee amid its probe into the errors and pitfalls that led to Harris losing against US President Donald Trump. The DNC said last year it would not make its findings public.
Nevertheless, Axios says members of the DNC informed pro-Palestinian activists from the IMEU Policy Project that their data showed Harris’s stance on Israel and Gaza — which was in line with the policies of former US president Joe Biden — was overall a “net negative” in the election.
Axios says it had “independently verified” that the DNC believes Harris’s policies on Israel and Gaza did alienate some voters.
The DNC confirms to Axios that it did indeed speak to the IMEU Policy Project but declines to provide details on the meeting.
The Times of Israel Community.