Pro-Palestinian "uncommitted" movement declines to endorse Harris, but won't back other candidates
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The "uncommitted" movement, a group of pro-Palestinian, anti-war Democrats who led the push to cast protest votes against President Biden during the primaries, declined to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for the White House, but also said they would not encourage supporters to stay home or vote for third-party candidates.
In a statement Thursday, the group of 30 delegates emphasized they want to block former President Donald Trump from winning, saying his agenda "includes plans to accelerate the killing in Gaza while intensifying the suppression of anti-war organizing."
But they warned that votes for third-party candidates, such as longshot Green Party candidate Jill Stein, could "inadvertently deliver a Trump presidency given our country's broken electoral college system." Stein has been courting Muslim American voters who disagree with Harris' stance on Gaza.
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