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Blaming "protest‑non‑voters" for ICE brutality misses why Kamala Harris lost the 2024 election, and why Democrats keep failing vulnerable communities.

Yes, Gaza cost Harris votes: about 422,000 Democratic‑leaning voters stayed home or voted third‑party, with roughly 122,380 directly linked to protest (Al‑Shabaka). But protest voters were a smaller factor compared to the 6.8 million former Biden voters who switched sides or stayed home due to broader campaign failures (Common Dreams).

The Democratic Party’s own autopsy points to larger failures: voter disenchantment as millions switched sides or stayed home, a chaotic primary process, abandoning the working class to court Republicans and donors, alienating young and minority voters over Gaza and the economy, and losing Black and Latino voters who shifted toward Trump (NPR).

ICE brutality isn’t a Trump‑only problem. Obama deported a record 2.7 million people (Migration Policy Institute). Biden’s Title 42 expulsions removed over 2.5 million migrants without asylum hearings (PBS NewsHour). The agency’s culture of violence was built by successive administrations.

When we blame individuals who refused to vote for a candidate supporting genocide, we ignore why Democrats offered such a candidate. The answer isn’t that voters failed the party, it’s that the party failed voters. A political machine funded by corporate donors cannot deliver protection for vulnerable people.

If we want to stop ICE brutality, we need to confront the system that produces both Republican and Democratic presidents who expand its powers. Focusing on “protest‑non‑voters” lets that system off the hook.

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