A group called ‘Muslim Women for Harris-Walz’ is disbanding after the Uncommitted National Movement said it was told a Palestinian American speaker could not address the Democratic National Convention.
Representatives of “uncommitted” delegates to the convention, who have withheld their support for Vice President Kamala Harris‘s presidential bid over the Biden administration’s support for Israel’s war in Gaza, have been pushing for a speaker to address the convention from the main stage.
They staged a sit-in outside the convention in Chicago after their request was denied.
“We cannot in good conscience, continue Muslim Women for Harris-Walz, in light of this new information from the Uncommitted movement, that VP Harris’ team declined their request to have a Palestinian American speaker take the stage at the DNC,” Muslim Women for Harris-Walz said in a statement posted on Instagram.
“The family of the Israeli Hostage that was on the stage tonight, has shown more empathy towards Palestinian Americans and Palestinians, than our candidate or the DNC has. This is a terrible message to send to Democrats. Palestinians have the right to speak about Palestine.
“We pray that the DNC and VP Harris’ team makes the right decision before the convention is over. For the sake of each of us.”
Newsweek has been contacted the group for comment via social media. The Harris campaign and convention organizers were contacted for comment via email outside of business hours.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
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