Muslim Michigan Democrat removed from Harris event wants explanation

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Prominent Michigan Democrats who are angry at President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris over the war in the Middle East are demanding an apology and explanation after a former Michigan Democratic congressional candidate was removed from a Harris campaign event.

Ahmed Ghanim, who unsuccessfully ran to replace Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) in the Oakland County congressional district north of Detroit this year, described being removed from Harris’s event with former Republican Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney on Monday in Royal Oak despite RSVPing and clearing Secret Service security.

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