Trump promised peace in the Middle East. In Dearborn, Michigan, it feels farther away

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7. And for reasons unknown, they believed him.

I am from Michigan but live in Seattle now. We had a former city council member named Kshama Sawant who took it upon herself (after creating a fair amount of discord in Seattle and ripping her constituency apart) to go to the Muslim communities in Michigan to ensure that Harris lost. I cannot imagine what really motivated her to do that. It was maddening. She (Sawant) is an educated person. She saw the damage Trump did in his first term. She knew exactly who he was and can't possibly have believed anything he said. Yet she still went out and undermined Harris.

I always believe there are darker forces at work somewhere, but I still don't get the willful misunderstanding.