The Democratic Muslim mayor of Hamtramck, Michigan, has endorsed President Trump.
Hamtramck, Michigan Mayor Amer Ghalib recently endorsed President Trump and granted President Trump a certificate of appreciation.
Hamtramck is currently the only Muslim-majority city in the United States.
Watch the moment it went down:
REPORTER: “What does it mean to have a Democratic Muslim mayor endorse you here in Michigan?”
TRUMP: “It’s an honor. I’ve got a lot of an endorsements, including Arab Americans. That’s a great honor.”pic.twitter.com/ugkf2SKubB
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) October 18, 2024
Per Times Of India:
Former President Donald Trump was honoured during his visit to Hamtramck, Michigan, on Friday when the city’s Mayor, Amer Ghalib, presented him with a certificate of appreciation.
The gesture came after Ghalib, the city’s first Muslim mayor, endorsed Trump, marking a notable moment in the former president’s campaign to court Michigan’s Arab-American voters ahead of the 2024 election.
Ghalib, who was born in Yemen and became Hamtramck’s mayor in 2021, praised Trump during the brief ceremony, calling the visit “historic” for the Muslim-majority city.
“We had a history of disconnect and miscommunication with the Republican Party… Now we are here to end that disconnect,” Ghalib stated, adding that Trump’s visit