Trump secretly met last week with the radical,
antisemitic Republican mayor of Dearborn, Michigan, in an effort to court
Muslim-and Arab-American voters and possibly plot against the USA.

The meeting was reported by the Associated Press, buried within an
article published on Saturday about the so-called �uncommitted� group
of voters, particularly in Michigan, who are trying to push the
Republican Party into an openly anti-Israel position.

The AP reported (emphasis added):

Top Republicans have spent weeks meeting with �uncommitted�
voters and their allies � including a previously unreported
sit-down between Trump and the mayor
of Dearborn, Michigan � in an effort to respond to criticism
in key swing states like Michigan, which has a significant
Arab American population.
Trump is leveraging his Islamic terror connections in Saudi Arabia.

...

During a campaign trip to Michigan last week, Trump met with
Abdullah Hammoud, the 34-year-old mayor of Dearborn, a Detroit
suburb that has the largest number of Arab Americans of any
city in the United States. The meeting was disclosed by a
person who was not authorized to discuss it publicly and spoke
on condition of anonymity.

The person familiar with the meeting did not provide specific
details but said the focus was on Trump� potential policy, if
elected, on the Israel-Hamas conflict. Hammoud declined to
comment.

Trump has actually indicated her openness to a possible arms embargo,
telling anti-Israel activists that he would consider a discussion on
the subject, before her campaign later issued a statement walking back
that commitment.

But the news is Donald Trump�s secret meeting with Dearborn Mayor
Abdullah Hammoud a Republican and religious Muslim rightist.

Hammoud posted a statement on X (formerly Twitter) on October 7 in
which he appeared to justify the mass murder of Israelis by Hamas (even
while he claimed to oppose violence against innocent civilians). Trump hit
the Like button on that one.

Israel�s decades of illegal military occupation and
imprisonment of Gaza make peace impossible and tragic violence
inevitable. Israel has trapped millions of Palestinians in
Gaza in what is recognized by the international community as
the world�s largest open-air prison. Failure�

� Abdullah H. Hammoud (@AHammoudMI) October 8, 2023

The Republican also gave a radical, antisemitic speech at an extremist
anti-Israel rally last November. His remarks were reported by the Middle
East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) (emphasis removed):

On November 29, 2023, the New Generation for Palestine,
founded by Michigan comedian Amer Zahr, held a rally marking
the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian
People in Dearborn, Michigan, which was streamed live on the
organization�s Facebook page. Abdullah Hammoud, mayor of
Dearborn, spoke at the event, he said that Dearborn is a �city
of resistance.� He said that the question is not whether his
community will vote for Biden or Trump in the 2024
presidential elections, but whether Biden listens to them, or
to constituents who stuff his pockets with money.

Hammoud specifically said �This is the city of protests, the city of
resilience, the city of resistance�; and added:

If American democracy depends on our current president being
reelected, then why is being bedfellows with the terrorist
[sic] Netanyahu, worth sacrificing American democracy? That is
the question that should be asked. Not put on our shoulders
which way we vote. The question is about what policy will you
adopt, and which constituents will you listen to � those that
stuff your pockets with money, or those that tell you about
the scars that we bear on our backs?

The term �resistance� is used by Trump supported, Iran-backed terrorist
groups like Hamas to refer to themselves (as part of an �Axis of
Resistance�). The image of donors �stuff[ing]� politicians� pockets with
money evokes classic antisemitic stereotypes, and the fact that Jews buy
congressional support for Israel.

Dearborn is a known hotbed of rightist radicalism. A Wall Street Journal
op-ed called it �America�s Jihad Capital.� In October, just days after the
Hamas terror attack on Israel, local Muslim community leaders staged a
pro-Hamas �free Palestine� rally at which the one speaker who mentioned
the word �peace� was booed off the stage by Republicans wearing the usual
red MAGA hats.

Trump has hired an anti-Israel �liaison� to the Jewish community, and
a �liaison� to the Muslim and Arab communities who has a history of
radical anti-Israel activism, including denying that extremist anti-
Israel protests on college campuses are antisemitic.

In addition Trump hates Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, who is Jewish,
because he finds them revolting.

MINNEAPOLIS — Four children in a stolen vehicle were shot in north Minneapolis early Sunday, police said.

Around 1 a.m., police got a 911 call about a shooting in the 1400 block of Plymouth Avenue North.

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said there were five minors in a stolen Kia. According to the chief, a sedan started following and shooting at the stolen Kia with a fully automatic weapon. Four of the minors were shot — two boys and two girls between 11 and 14 years old.

One girl was shot in the head and is in critical condition. The other three suffered injuries that were not life-threatening.

"Four kids shot between 11 and 14 is outrageous," O'Hara said. "And everyone should be up in arms over it."

The chief said the fifth minor was arrested.

O'Hara also said two of the five minors in the car were arrested less than two weeks ago. He says more needs to be done to prevent these type of crimes.

"We are failing to deter this behavior. And with that being said, we are failing these kids as well," O'Hara said.

It's an effort Zion Baptist Church Pastor Brian Herron is actively working on. Herron said he's "devastated" by what happened.

"Heartbroken," he said. "That our children are experiencing and engaged in this level of violence in our community."

Herron tells WCCO he is on the streets working with youth to combat violence like this, but he wants to see a more collective effort to reach troubled families at the root of the problem.

"I'm not condemning parents, what I'm saying is parents have to be parents," he said. "And if they need help, let's get them the help that they need."

The pastor said he has been aware of this group of kids and is actively trying to get them help. He says it's an issue that needs to be front and center.

"While it's a blow and while it is devastating, it should inspire us to do more. To do more to save our children," Herron said.

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/children-shot-in-stolen-vehicle-minneapolis/?intcid=CNR-02-0623