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Hammoud, a 32-year-old Democrat, also took a shot at the mainstream media as well as Biden's office - saying that "our position and viewpoints have not been accurately captured" by either.
The Detroit meeting comes as hostility toward President Biden grows among Muslim and Arab Americans – a sizeable voting bloc in the Great Lake State – over his support for Israel’s war against Hamas terrorists.
A revolt over Biden's policies during the Israel-Gaza conflict has prompted the president to send a policy delegation to Dearborn to meet with local leaders.
The mayor of Dearborn, Michigan, Abdullah H. Hammoud, said residents can expect an increased police presence “effective immediately” at “all places of worship and major infrastructure points” after a Wall Street Journal opinion piece referred to his city as “America’s Jihad capital.”
The headline of a Wall Street Journal opinion piece published on Friday read 'Welcome to Dearborn, America's Jihad Capital.'