Texas OB-GYNs urge lawmakers to change abortion laws after reports on pregnant women’s deaths
The group of 111 doctors cited recent ProPublica reporting on two pregnant women who died because doctors did not provide lifesaving care.
Georgia Republicans, Trump campaign file lawsuit to halt counties ‘illegally accepting’ early voting ballots
Georgia Republicans and former President Trump’s campaign say that they are continuing to take legal action against “coordinated efforts” by Democrat-heavy counties to accept ballots after the early voting period ended. A statement from the Georgia Republican Party, which was obtained by FOX Business on Sunday, detailed the party’s latest efforts to stop counties from counting ballots that were hand-delivered over the weekend. The lawsuit names seven counties: Clayton County, Cobb, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Fulton, Chatham and Athens-Clarke. Fulton County houses the capital of the state, Atlanta. In the letter, chairman Josh McKoon claimed that these counties were “illegally accept[ing] ballots this weekend AFTER the end of early voting on Friday.” TRUMP, HARRIS NECK AND NECK IN BATTLEGROUND STATES WITH UNDER 48 HOURS UNTIL ELECTION DAY, POLLS FIND “The Georgia Republican Party, in conjunction with the RNC have filed suit in federal court to halt the counting of these ballots,” McKoon wrote. “At minimum, we want to sequester the ballots that were submitted without proper oversight of our election observers.” “Additionally, we have requested Georgia’s Secretary of State and Attorney General get involved to resolve this matter and find answers to the burning questions we all have,” he added. McKoon said that the Republican Party intends to find out how a 501c3 organization “knew to inform voters within 15 minutes of early voting closure that six Democrat[ic] counties would be extending their weekend hours.” “Why didn’t these six counties inform the state board of elections, their county board of elections, the Secretary of State, or their local governments about their plans to essentially extend early voting?” the letter asked. “Who gave the order to Fulton and Chatham County officials to bar poll observers from monitoring the process? Why did they do this?” McKoon concluded the update by urging Georgia Republicans to “keep our foot on the gas.” “We will keep the public informed all along the way,” the Republican said. “However, this doesn’t change our overall mission. We MUST keep our foot on the gas and turn out voters on Tuesday like our lives depend on it. Because it does.” LIZ CHENEY BASHES TRUMP IN NEW KEY BATTLEGROUND HARRIS AD AS ELECTION HITS FINAL SPRINT The Trump campaign released a statement on Sunday identifying themselves as one of the suit’s plaintiffs. “At the last minute several heavily Democrat counties announced they would open their offices over the weekend to receive mail ballots,” the campaign said in a statement. “This is illegal, so we immediately filed a state court lawsuit. In a win for election integrity, the counties retreated from plans to keep drop boxes open over the weekend, but we continue to fight the illegal re-opening of the centers in state and federal court.” “This is a clear, partisan violation of the law intended to boost Democrat efforts in Georgia,” the campaign’s statement added. “With just two days until our country’s most important election, it is critical for officials to follow the law and run the election in a fair and transparent manner.” The new legal action comes a day after a similar lawsuit brought by Republicans was struck down. On Saturday, a judge in Fulton County dismissed a lawsuit about normally-closed offices allowing voters to hand in their ballots over the weekend. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Kevin Farmer had rejected all arguments presented by GOP attorney Alex Kaufman, who claimed that absentee ballots should not be hand-delivered and accepted after the early voting period ends. “I find that it is not a violation of those two code sections for a voter to hand-return their absentee ballots,” the judge claimed. Fox News Digital reached out to the Georgia Republican Party for additional comment. Fox News Digital’s Brie Stimson and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Trump campaign clarifies after candidate jokes about shooting ‘through the fake news’ in Pennsylvania
Former President Trump’s campaign issued a clarification after he joked about shooting “through the fake news” at a rally on Sunday. Speaking in Lititz,Pennsylvania,, less than two days before Election Day, Trump made the remark while speaking about the July 13 assassination attempt against him. “I have a piece of glass over here, and I don’t have a piece of glass there,” the Republican candidate said to his supporters, gesturing to the bulletproof glass surrounding him. “And I have this piece of glass here. But all we have really over here is the fake news,” Trump added. He appeared to reference the gaggle of journalists in front of him at the time. TRUMP, HARRIS NECK AND NECK IN BATTLEGROUND STATES WITH UNDER 48 HOURS UNTIL ELECTION DAY, POLLS FIND “And to get me, somebody would have to shoot through the fake news. And I don’t mind that so much. I don’t mind,” he joked, causing the audience to laugh. On Sunday, the Trump campaign’s communications director Steven Cheung released a statement arguing that the candidate’s remarks “had nothing to do” with journalists being hurt. “President Trump was brilliantly talking about the two assassination attempts on his own life, including one that came within 1/4 of an inch from killing him, something that the Media constantly talks and jokes about,” Cheung said. “The President’s statement about protective glass placement has nothing to do with the Media being harmed, or anything else.” The spokesperson added that Trump’s remarks were about “threats against him that were spurred on by dangerous rhetoric from Democrats.” “In fact, President Trump was stating that the Media was in danger, in that they were protecting him and, therefore, were in great danger themselves, and should have had a glass protective shield, also,” Cheung said. BILL MAHER JOKES ABOUT UNDECIDED VOTERS BEFORE ELECTION: ‘CHRISTMAS EVE SHOPPERS OF POLITICS’ “There can be no other interpretation of what was said. He was actually looking out for their welfare, far more than his own!” In response to the remarks, Harris campaign rapid response director Ammar Moussa accused Trump of “violating the Ninth Commandment.” “Trump is spending the closing days of his campaign angry and unhinged, lying about the election being stolen because he’s worried he will lose,” Moussa said in a statement. “The American people deserve a leader who tells the truth and will walk into the Oval Office focused on them – that’s Vice President Harris.” Trump’s remarks came as he and Harris were neck-and-neck in national polls on Sunday. Pennsylvania is a major swing state that is expected to be a deciding factor in which candidate wins the Electoral College. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, spoke on Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures” and claimed that Harris made a grave mistake by not picking Josh Shapiro, the Keystone State’s governor, as her running mate. “Shapiro might well have won the state of Pennsylvania for her,” Cruz said to host Maria Bartiromo. “But the pro-Hamas wing of the Democrat[ic] Party could not imagine, could not tolerate, such a thing.” Fox News’ Kelly Phares contributed to this report.
Harris asked how she’s ‘feeling’ 48 hours from election, tells reporters Trump ‘lost’ in 2020
Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Harris was asked at the top of a press gaggle of reporters in Detroit, Michigan, “Simply, how are you feeling and have you submitted your ballot?” Harris, 48 hours from Election Day, admitted that “everyone’s a little tired” and “sleep-deprived.” “I am feeling great, I am looking forward to these next 48 hours to continue to talk with the voters and talk about the stakes and talk about the future of our country,” Harris said, “Which I think is bright when we’re working with the same spirit of building community, building coalitions and building the strength of our economy and our country. I have, I actually just filled out my mail-in ballot, so I have voted.” Harris, a former San Francisco district attorney, California attorney general and U.S. senator before she was elected vice president in 2020, declined to answer about how she voted on Proposition 36. The California ballot measure would reverse criminal justice reforms made in her home state in recent years. KAMALA HARRIS BLASTED FOR ‘SCRIPTED’ SNL APPEARANCE DAYS BEFORE ELECTION “I’m not going to talk about the vote on that because honestly it’s the Sunday before the election, and I don’t intend to create an endorsement one way or another around it,” Harris said. “But I did vote.” The initiative, if passed, would make the crime of shoplifting a felony for repeat offenders and increase penalties for some drug charges, including those involving the synthetic opioid fentanyl. It also would give judges the authority to order people with multiple drug charges to get treatment. Harris also addressed election integrity concerns, telling reporters former President Trump “lost” in 2020. NATIONAL POLLS SHOW TRUMP, HARRIS IN TIGHT RACE AS ELECTORATE IS UNHAPPY WITH CHOICES “So here we are on the Sunday before the election, and I would ask in particular people who have not yet voted to not fall for his tactic, which I think includes suggesting to people that if they vote, their vote won’t matter,” Harris said. ‘Suggesting to people that somehow the integrity of our voting system is not intact, so that they don’t vote. And again, I think that it is a tactic.”
Fetterman unleashes expletives aimed at Trump in CNN interview, concedes 45 has ‘connection’ with PA voters
Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman said on CNN that former President Donald Trump has a “connection” with Keystone State voters, before launching expletives aimed at Trump and mocking the former president’s campaign in Pennsylvania. “I’ve been saying this, whether it was Biden or then became Harris, I said it’s going to be very close. And Trump definitely has a connection with voters here in Pennsylvania, and that’s why it’s going to be close,” Fetterman said Sunday morning on CNN’s “State of the Union.” Fetterman joined host Dana Bash, who pressed the senator about Trump recently highlighting voter fraud concerns in the battleground state, which Fetterman brushed off with expletives. VOTER REGISTRATION PROBES LAUNCHED IN CRUCIAL KEYSTONE STATE COUNTIES AMID CLAIMS OF POTENTIAL FRAUD “It‘s the same sh-t he played in ’20, and it didn’t go anywhere,” Fetterman said. FETTERMAN CALLS TRUMP’S SUPPORT IN PENNSYLVANIA ‘ASTONISHING’: ‘YOU CAN SEE THE INTENSITY’ “It’s the same, sad story that he had in ’20, and I would like to remind everybody that Biden wrecked his sh-t by 80,000 votes,” the Pennsylvania senator continued. “… He’s gonna try to lie and claim these baseless things. But we’re gonna have a new team leading America and that’s going to be Harris—but it is going to be close.” Bash asked Fetterman about one Truth Social message specifically that Trump posted on Thursday about alleged “cheating” in the toss-up state. Election investigations were launched in both Lancaster and York Counties last month, after election officials discovered likely fraudulent voter registration applications, not ballots. “We caught them CHEATING BIG in Pennsylvania. Must announce and PROSECUTE, NOW! This is a CRIMINAL VIOLATION OF THE LAW. STOP VOTER FRAUD! CHECK OUT KAMALA’S NEW SLEAZEBAG LAWYER. WE ARE ON THEM ALL THIS TIME! Who would have ever thought that our Country is so CORRUPT?” Trump posted to Truth Social last week. FETTERMAN ISSUES WARNING TO DEMOCRATS AFTER ELON STUMPS FOR TRUMP IN PENNSYLVANIA Fetterman responded to Trump’s message by putting his hands to his face to feign anxiety before saying: “It made me tinkle hearing that.” “But that’s why I’m asking you this question. How worried are you about this being a repeat? Because he didn’t win, but it caused a lot of problems,” Bash later asked of Trump’s Truth Social post and concerns over potential voter fraud. TRUMP CAMP TAKES VICTORY LAP FOLLOWING ELECTION CASE LEGAL WIN IN BATTLEGROUND STATE “I’m not worried about it. It’s just like a thing. It’s the same thing that he tried in 2020. And, you know, we had an absolutely a secure election. And now, there are there was voter fraud in Pennsylvania and there was a handful of Republicans and they had their dead moms voting for Trump,” he responded. Political eyes have been locked on Pennsylvania as Keystone State voters are championed as the ones who will likely determine the outcome of the federal election. Trump narrowly won the state in 2016 when he successfully campaigned against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, but lost the state in 2020 against President Biden.
JD Vance tells NC crowd Harris can’t deal with China, Russia if she ‘runs’ from ‘friendly American media’
Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, argued Sunday that Vice President Harris can’t be trusted to negotiate on the world stage if she already “runs from the friendly American media.” At a rally in Sanford, North Carolina, Vance recalled to a crowd in the key battleground state his conversation with his running mate, former President Trump, after the second assassination attempt in West Palm Beach, Florida. An armed gunman was accused of lying in wait near Trump’s golf course with a rifle before a Secret Service agent opened fire, preventing any potential bloodshed. It happened weeks after Trump survived a gunman’s bullet at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. “After a second assassination attempt, the president called me and told me what had just happened. And, you know, I said, ‘oh, my God, sir, are you okay? Clearly, you’re physically okay. But, you know, that’s a traumatic thing to happen,’” Vance told the crowd. “A second assassination attempt in as many months. And he says, ‘yeah, I’m doing fine. I’m kind of pissed off, though, because I was going to make a birdie on the sixth hole and the Secret Service wouldn’t let me finish.’” VANCE CALLS HARRIS THE MICHAEL JORDAN OF WORD SALADS, SAYS SHE LIES LIKE HIS YOUNG CHILD “And, you know, it kind of occurred to me in that moment that that’s the kind of person you want in the Oval Office when the world goes to hell, because you never know how somebody is going to react under a moment of crisis until you actually see their response under that moment of crisis,” Vance said. Vance contrasted that interaction with Trump against Harris “who runs from the friendly American media.” “Can we trust that person to negotiate for us with Vladimir Putin, the leader of Russia? Xi Jinping, the leader of China? No, of course we can’t, because she can’t even talk to the friendly American media,” Vance said. “She sure as hell can’t be trusted to negotiate on our behalf on the world stage.” “But you know who I do trust?” he added. “The guy who took a second assassination attempt with good humor and didn’t lose his cool and went back to work the very next day.” When Harris does do interviews, Vance said the Democratic nominee helps the Trump campaign. “It’s funny to watch Kamala Harris, you know, she gives these interviews,” Vance said. “And, you know, on the one hand, obviously, I disagree with Kamala Harris on all these issues. I criticize her every single day on the campaign trail. I criticize what she has done to the United States of America. And then, on the other hand, she goes and does an interview, and I think she picks us up about 100,000 votes. So, you know, Kamala Harris isn’t, isn’t all bad.” JOE ROGAN SAYS HARRIS SITDOWN WAS SCRAPPED AFTER CAMPAIGN TOLD HIM SHE ‘ONLY WANTED TO DO AN HOUR’ Vance referenced Harris’ interview on “The View” when she was asked what she would have done differently over the last four years of President Biden’s administration, and she responded “nothing comes to mind.” The Republican vice presidential nominee said Harris’ interview was a “gift.” “As much as she’s got these slogans about how she’s going to somehow do something in the next four years that she hasn’t done while she’s actually been the sitting vice president again, she gives us the gift of going out there and giving interviews,” Vance said. “And even though they’re always softball interviews, and even though our friends in the press never ask Kamala Harris difficult questions, sometimes they don’t. They ask her easy questions, and she still screws those up. And the definition, you know, of a Kamala Harris gaffe is when she accidentally tells the truth. Because sometimes she does do that.” “How is the person who admits that she would have done nothing different over the last four years? How is she going to solve the problems that have been created by the last four years of policy?” Vance said. “So for the people of North Carolina, the choice is very clear. It’s a choice between more of the same, more high grocery prices, more unaffordable housing, more open borders, more fentanyl in our communities. Or the choice is, do we take this country in a different direction? Do we get back to peace and prosperity? Do we get it back to the leadership of Donald J. Trump?”
Chicago authorities under microscope after antisemitic shooting: ‘National scandal’
After an Orthodox Jewish man was shot while walking to his synagogue on the Sabbath in Rogers Park, Chicago, last weekend, media outlets quickly gathered and disseminated information about the victim’s background. It was the media that also first confirmed that the suspect, 22-year-old Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, was a Mauritanian national who was in the U.S. illegally. After the attack, fear rose within Chicago’s Jewish community about the lack of information from the Chicago Police Department and Mayor Brandon Johnson, who took five days to acknowledge the religious background of Abdallahi’s Jewish victim. Police also did not tell the public what Abdallahi shouted while shooting at officers, refusing to confirm the substance of Ring camera footage that was circulating, although they did acknowledge that “there was something stated.” Richard Goldberg, a senior adviser at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Fox News Digital that “there is a clear cover-up going on to seal off information flow before next week’s election. They knew about the shooter’s illegal status from the moment they ran his ID.” “This should be a national scandal,” Goldberg added. GROWING CALLS FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT TO BE CHARGED WITH HATE CRIMES IN JEWISH MAN’S SHOOTING Abdallahi’s address, listed in a police news release, is 27 miles from Rogers Park. Goldberg noted that he went out of his way to travel a significant distance for the alleged attack. The suspect’s alleged antisemitic motives then became a key theme during the Oct. 31 news conference where Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling announced long-awaited additional felony charges against Abdallahi for a hate crime and terrorism, bringing the total number of charges against Abdallahi to 16. “We did not secure these charges because of public pressure or because of media attention,” Snelling told reporters. “Gathering evidence and facts takes time.” Snelling explained that detectives had been unable to interview Abdallahi, who remains hospitalized after being shot by police. Evidence on the suspect’s phone “indicated he planned the shooting and specifically targeted people of the Jewish faith.” Chicago officials did not provide details about Abdallahi’s immigration status in their news conference. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) spokesperson Erin Bultje confirmed to Fox News Digital that Abdallahi was apprehended while entering the country near San Ysidro in March and was subsequently released inside the U.S. “It’s pretty obvious what happened here,” said Goldberg, a former NSC official in the Trump administration. “We have an act of terrorism committed by someone who entered the country illegally and was allowed to stay under Biden-Harris policies. And the second Democratic officials realized the potential impact that might have on the presidential election, they panicked and tried to lock down information flow. But the Jewish community fought back.” ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION STATUS REVEALED IN SHOOTING OF JEWISH MAN IN DEM-CONTROLLED CITY Just two months ago, Canadian authorities arrested a 20-year-old Pakistani man who had plotted to carry out an attack on the Jewish community in Brooklyn, New York. At Thursday’s news conference, a WGN journalist brought up ICE’s confirmation of Abdallahi’s Mauritanian nationality and asked whether State’s Attorney Kim Foxx planned to comply with the ICE detainer for Abdallahi lodged with the Cook County jail. “What we’re doing today is announcing the charges,” Foxx replied. “Next week, when we do the full-on proffer, we can confirm the information that you have.” Because the suspect “is presumed innocent until proven guilty” and “has not had the opportunity to appear before a judge and face the charges,” Foxx said she was “not going to give a level of specificity that has not been afforded to him.” Pat Brady, former federal and state prosecutor in Illinois, confirmed to Fox News Digital that “it’s not unusual that the details are not made publicly available until the formal arraignment.” Stay-at-home mother Malka Reich, who reportedly witnessed a portion of the attack that partially took place in her front yard – Ring camera footage of the incident taken at her home has been widely disseminated – told Fox News Digital that she believes “the mayor and potentially people in the federal government are trying to hide” key elements of the hate crime. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT FACES HATE CRIME, TERRORISM CHARGES IN SHOOTING OF JEWISH MAN IN CHICAGO During Thursday’s press conference, Johnson was asked why he had failed to identify the victim’s religious background in previous statements. Johnson was widely condemned for sending “heartfelt thoughts and prayers” to the victim without describing him as being Jewish. Rather than answer the question, Johnson explained that “my responsibility as the mayor of Chicago is to keep every single community safe, and I take that responsibility seriously.” Johnson added that “terror wants to incite and ignite and make people feel isolated and alone. But the Jewish community is not alone. We’re standing firm with our Jewish siblings as I always have.” Johnson has received condemnation in the past for adding to an environment of antisemitism inside Chicago, including through his tie-breaking vote in support of a January cease-fire resolution passed by the City Council. According to the Chicago Police Department’s Hate Crime Dashboard, there have been 71 anti-Jewish hate crimes in the city in 2024, up from 50 in 2023, and 39 in 2022. Among many Jewish Chicagoans dissatisfied with early responses to Saturday’s shooting was Alderman Debra Silverstein, who spoke with Fox News Digital before Abdallahi’s hate crime charge was announced. Silverstein expressed the feeling in Chicago’s Jewish community that “City Hall does not have their back.” Silverstein is also worried about antisemitism in Chicago Public Schools. After the Chicago City Council cease-fire resolution was passed, students staged a pro-Palestinian walkout in which Silverstein said that some Chicago students “were told not to wear blue and white” because the schools “weren’t sure that they would be able to protect them.” Amid the battle over facts in Abdallahi’s shooting, the Jewish Insider broke a story that the newly appointed president of the Chicago Board of Education, the Rev. Mitchell Johnson, had “a lengthy history of posting
Major pollster drops final battleground poll numbers
The final New York Times/Siena College Battleground poll of the 2024 race shows a razor-tight election in the battleground states just days before the election. Former President Trump leads Vice President Kamala Harris in Arizona, while Harris enjoys a lead in Georgia, North Carolina, Nevada and Wisconsin. Michigan and Pennsylvania are tied between the two candidates, according to the poll. “Too close to call,” Siena Research declared in a social media post about the poll. FOX NEWS POWER RANKINGS: ARIZONA IS TRUMP’S TO LOSE, BUT THIS ELECTION IS ANYONE’S TO WIN In Arizona, the only state where Trump has a lead, the former president is up four points on Harris, 49-45. Meanwhile, Harris has a one-point lead in Georgia (48-47), two points in North Carolina (48-46), three points in Nevada (49-46) and two points in Wisconsin (49-47). The poll comes just two days before an election that promises to be one of the closest in recent memory, with the New York Times/Siena poll not being the only one showing tight margins. 5 NUMBERS THAT WILL DECIDE THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION According to the Real Clear Politics polling average, Trump enjoys a 2.9 point lead in Arizona, a 1.2 point lead in Nevada, a 0.3 point lead in Pennsylvania, a 1.4 point lead in North Carolina, and a 2.3 point lead in Georgia. Harris, meanwhile, has a slim lead of 0.3 points in Wisconsin and a 0.6 point lead in Michigan. The New York Times/Siena College battleground poll also sampled the Senate races in the battleground states for the final time, showing Democrats Rep. Ruben Gallego in Arizona, Elissa Slotkin in Michigan, North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein, Sen. Jacky Rosen in Nevada, and Sen. Tammy Baldwin in Wisconsin, with a lead in their respective races. No Republican Senate candidate held leads in their races, the poll showed. The New York Times/Siena College poll interviewed 7,879 voters in seven battleground states between Oct. 24 and Nov. 2, with a margin of errors of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points in Arizona, 4.1 percentage points in Georgia, 3.7 points in Michigan, 3.6 points in North Carolina, 3.6 points in Nevada, 2.9 points in Pennsylvania, and 3.4 points in Wisconsin. Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.
National polls show Trump, Harris in tight race as electorate is unhappy with choices
Two new national polls released Sunday show former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are engaged in an extremely close race for the White House, even if a majority of voters are dissatisfied with having to choose between either of the candidates. An ABC News/Ipsos poll of 2,267 likely voters has Harris leading Trump 49%-46%, with a 2% margin of error. Seventy-four percent of those voters say they feel the country is heading on the “wrong track,” including 50% of those who are backing Harris, the results show. Among Trump supporters, that figure rises to 98%. The poll, which was taken from Oct. 29-Nov. 1, also revealed that 60% of voters are dissatisfied with the candidates presented to them in this race for the presidency. TRUMP, HARRIS NECK AND NECK IN BATTLEGROUND STATES WITH UNDER 48 HOURS UNTIL ELECTION DAY, POLLS FIND Meanwhile, 42% of likely voters say their personal financial situation has worsened under the Biden-Harris administration, according to the poll. In another national survey, Trump and Harris are tied at 49%. The NBC News poll of 1,000 registered voters, which was conducted from Oct. 30 to Nov. 2, has a margin of error of 3.1%. BILL MAHER JOKES ABOUT UNDECIDED VOTERS BEFORE ELECTION: ‘CHRISTMAS EVE SHOPPERS OF POLITICS’ Of those who responded, Harris leads Trump among Black voters by 87%-9%, voters under 30 years old by 57%-41% and White voters with college degrees 55%-43%, according to NBC News. Trump leads among rural voters 75%-23%, White voters in general 56%-42% and white voters without college degrees 64%-34%, the outlet added. Between genders, Harris leads Trump 57%-41% among women, while men back Trump over Harris 58%-40%, NBC News reported. The poll also found that 60% of registered voters think America will still be divided no matter who prevails on Election Day.
Michigan Arab-American mayor who endorsed Trump reveals one of the ‘most important’ factors of his decision
The Michigan Arab-American mayor who made headlines for endorsing former President Trump says the Biden-Harris administration’s handling of the Middle East is one of the “most important determining factors” of his decision. Mayor Amer Ghalib, the Democrat leader of Hamtramck – a city outside of Detroit – said on “Sunday Morning Futures” that his choice to back Trump “was like sailing against the waves” and has brought him some pushback. “It was a combination of both disappointment and hope – disappointment [with] the current administration on how they handled the situation in the Middle East, because that is one of the most important, determining factors of our decision, who to vote for as Arab-Americans this time,” Ghalib said when asked to explain his endorsement. Ghalib added there is “a hope that some change will bring peace to the Middle East and we found President Trump is so determined about that.” WHO IS AMER GHALIB, THE TRUMP-ENDORSING MAYOR OF THE US’ ONLY MUSLIM-MAJORITY TOWN? “The priority for us at this time is accomplishing a cease-fire and bringing peace to the Middle East. Kamala Harris has been in the office for the past three years and during the whole year of war in the Middle East, I supported the Uncommitted movement in Michigan to send a strong message to the current administration, to take our concerns into consideration but nothing was happening,” he continued. “In fact, they completely neglected us and negligence become the norm.” “We are hoping that President Trump will come and do something different to bring peace – that is all we want,” Ghalib continued. The mayor also said Trump “is doing everything possible to show respect to this community,” including visiting his city following his endorsement. “The other side decided to neglect us and I think they should be punished for what they have been doing,” he added. MAYOR OF MUSLIM-MAJORITY MICHIGAN CITY ENDORSES TRUMP: ‘RIGHT CHOICE FOR THIS CRITICAL TIME’ Ghalib, who became Hamtramck’s first Muslim mayor after being elected in 2021, was born in Yemen and immigrated to the U.S. as a teenager in 1997, according to a profile of the mayor posted by Henry Ford College. Ghalib spent most of his career as a medical professional in Hamtramck, an enclave of Detroit with about 28,000 residents. The town was known as a mostly Polish settlement until recent decades, with a large influx of Middle Eastern immigrants eventually making it the nation’s first Muslim-majority city. He made history when he defeated former Hamtramck Mayor Karen Majewski, breaking an over 100-year streak of the city being represented by a Polish-American mayor. The city also became the first in the nation with an all-Muslim elected leadership that same year, with Hamtramck’s six city council seats being won by Muslim candidates. Fox News’ Michael Lee contributed to this report.