In a Sunday statement, the American Muslim 2024 Election Task Force called on President Joe Biden to withdraw from the race over his support for the genocide in Gaza and for "widespread concern about his ability to serve as president for another four years."

“Even before his deeply concerning and disappointing debate performance, President Biden’s financial support for the mass murder of Palestinians in Gaza, his failure to effectively address anti-Palestinian racism and Islamophobia here at home, and his dishonest response to the diverse and overwhelmingly peaceful anti-genocide protests on college campuses had already alientaed and made it difficult for many American Muslims, young people, and other voters to consider supporting him in the fall,” reads the statement.

The American Muslim 2024 Election Task Force members include: Americans for Justice in Palestine Action, CAIR Action, ICNA Council of Social Justice Action, Muslim American Society Action, Muslim Civic Coalition Activate and the US Council of Muslim Organizations Civil Action Network.

“Just as many American Muslims cannot bring themselves to vote for President Biden, many American Muslims also do not want to see Donald Trump return to office,” highlights another section of the statement. “Former President Trump has made it clear that he plans to round up undocumented immigrants in mass camps, reinstate the Muslim Ban, entrench racial inequities in our economy and criminal justice system, stack the federal civil service with political loyalists, and pursue a foreign policy just as or even more immoral than the Biden foreign policy.”

“During the CNN presidential debate, President Trump even said the Israeli government should be allowed to complete its genocide, ignored the question of whether he would support the recognition of a Palestinian state to achieve peace, and weaponized Palestinian identity as a racist insult,” the coalition added.

“The American people should not have to choose between such fatally flawed candidates,” the Muslim group stressed. “The ethnic cleansing of Palestinians and this genocide should be a red line for any administration.”

“President Biden should step aside so that the Democratic Party can identify and nominate a new, able, and qualified candidate who better reflects the values and views of most voters, including opposition to US support for the Gaza genocide,” it said.

The statement comes as the Israeli regime, with the political and support of the United States, has killed at least 37,877 in attacks against the besieged Gaza Strip since October last year. Most of the victims are women and children. The aggression has displaced almost all of the 2.3 million population.

Source: Agencies