Battleground state Democrats hesitant to support Biden over Gaza: 'Very hard to say yes'

Some Democrats in Pennsylvania, a key battleground state, are hesitant to support President Biden in November over his position in the Israel-Hamas conflict.

"I have a very hard time imagining myself being able to pull that lever for him seeing what [Biden] has endorsed and allowed to happen," Abe Taleb, who lives in Pittsburgh, Pa., told The Wall Street Journal, referring to Gaza. "It’d be very hard to say yes, because voting is still a tacit endorsement of that individual."

The Taleb family's support for the president wouldn't be in question if it weren't for his support for Israel, according to the WSJ. Biden has faced backlash from the left of his party over his support for Israel as an anti-Israel movement has taken shape across the country.

"Witnessing the ongoing suffering of children and fellow parents makes it even more difficult for us to simply overlook the administration’s actions here," Jane Olszewski, 36, a Democratic voter in Pennsylvania, told the outlet.

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Olszewski also pushed back on the idea that she was aiding the presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump by not voting for the Democratic president.

"The idea that Democrats are the only bulwark against authoritarianism and fascism is day-by-day proven less legitimate by Biden and his administration ignoring clear evidence of Israel’s war crimes and their refusal to end their unconditional support and take meaningful action to stop Israel," she said.

Olszewski and Taleb, who are married, told the Journal that both their families have gotten into shouting matches over their views.

"I find it hard to believe in the face of, like, 15,000 dead kids, that there is still some