The Kamala Harris campaign kicked out a prominent Muslim Democrat from the vice president’s rally in Royal Oak on Monday, further driving a wedge between the Democratic Party and Arab and Muslim Americans.

Ahmed Ghanim, a Democrat, says he accepted an invitation to the event and was seated in the Royal Oak Music Theatre when a campaign organizer ordered him to leave.

“She took me to the door, and she closed it, and I found two police officers waiting there, and she said, ‘You have to leave right now,’” Ghanim tells Metro Times. “I asked why she was kicking me out. She wouldn’t answer. I was very calmly asking why I was being kicked out.”

  • Sundial@lemm.ee
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    12 days ago

    I’d be inclined to agree with you and give her, and the Democrats, the benefit of the doubt if this was an isolated incident. It’s not, there’s a pattern here, and this was just the most recent one.

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      Okay. I think we’ve probably taken this discussion as far as we can given what information we have now. I hope you feel I’ve acknowledged and respected your position. I hope you can respect mine. Have a good night.