There's a blanket of grief that has just covered this community, and people are just trying to manage, obviously, amidst the entirety of the presidential election with the backdrop of a genocide, the war in Lebanon, the bombing in Yemen and so on.
In this moment in time, what is more important than anything else is standing firm in our values and our principles and standing firm on the side of one another in the city.
Hammoud, one of the most prominent Arab American elected officials in the United States who served in the State Legislature as a Democrat, has not endorsed any of the candidates, urging residents to vote their conscience instead.
Hammoud stressed the need to come out and vote for the community to make its voice heard.
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