A Gallup poll released yesterday claimed that President Barack Obamas approval rating is higher among #Muslims than any other religious group. POLITICO spoke with #MPAC DC office Director Haris Tarin about his views on where he thinks Obamas high approval ratings stem from. Haris Tarin, the director of the DC office for the Muslim Public Affairs Council, also attributed the poll numbers to what he called the trauma of a post-9/11 Bush presidency and said most Muslim-Americans continue to feel left out of the Republican conversation. There’s a backlash in terms of the rhetoric that comes out of the Republican party, Tarin said. The president and the Democratic party, in terms of their rhetoric, are more inclusive, the conversations are more inclusive of all Americans and you don’t see that as much within the Republican Party. Another factor explaining the Gallup poll, Tarin noted, is that 25 percent to 35 percent of the Muslim population in the U.S. is African-American, a group that has a higher-than-average approval of Obama.
Posted on: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 18:10:16 +0000
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