NYC Muslim, Arab American neighborhood leaders again Trump at Bronx occasion: ‘Fed up with the woke ideology’

Members of the Muslim and Arab American neighborhood endorsed former President Donald Trump throughout an occasion in The Bronx on Thursday morning.

About 20 neighborhood leaders and Imams — joined by former Lengthy Island Congressman and 2022 Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin, a Trump marketing campaign surrogate — backed the GOP presidential hopeful within the “little Yemen” part of the Bronx.

“Our communities are fed up with the woke ideology. They’re fed up with the indoctrination of their children,”  mentioned Massad Boulos, the father-in-law of Trump’s daughter, Tiffany, mentioned after the marketing campaign occasion for voters with Center East ties.

“They’re making this shift to the Republican Social gathering. That is the place their pure place needs to be and is now,” he informed The Put up.

Boulos, a Lebanese-born businessman, mentioned the Biden-Harris administration has didn’t put an finish to the wars in Gaza and Lebanon or assist safe the return of all of the hostages taken by Hamas following the phobia group’s Oct. 7, 2023 invasion of Israel.

“This time round this voice can be heard. They may have a serious say in who’s the forty seventh president of the USA,” Boulos mentioned following the get out the vote rally held in a Yemeni restaurant known as “Alwaha” on White Plains Street.

“We’re fortunate to have most of them help President Trump,” he added.

“The endorsements and the help we’ve seen each from the Christian communities and the Muslim communities of the Center East is simply unprecedented.”

Arab and Muslim People are key voting blocs within the battleground state of Michigan, the place Boulos has appeared with Trump.

“President Trump is honored to obtain, settle for the endorsement from the Arab American neighborhood right here in New York Metropolis,” Zeldin informed the group of supporters in The Bronx.

Karim Elsammak, an airline pilot who was born in Egypt, mentioned on the occasion that it was “time” to veer away from the Democratic Social gathering.

“It’s time to flip the web page on the Democratic celebration that solely reveals up once they want our vote,” he mentioned.

“It’s time to take our rightful place within the celebration that the majority aligns with our values and our beliefs. It’s time to be part of the Republican Social gathering.”