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Pro-Palestinian groups reveal huge plans to disrupt Democratic convention when Kamala Harris officially accepts party's nomination

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By Dailymail.Com Political Reporters

Published: 12:52 BST, 15 August 2024 | Updated: 13:46 BST, 15 August 2024

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Pro-Palestinian groups are planning to bus tens of thousands of protesters into Chicago next week to demonstrate at the Democratic National Convention. 

Fervent critics of America's support for Israel in the war in Gaza insist their plans haven't changed since Joe Biden dropped out of the race and Kamala Harris took the nomination, even though she is more sympathetic to Palestinians.

Hatem Abudayyeh, the national chair of the U.S. Palestinian Community Network advocacy group, told NBC demonstrators will be bussed in from nearby states.

Their plans were revealed as Biden and Harris prepared to appear in public for the first time together after he was forced out of the race.

Donald Trump will also hold a press conference at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf course.

Follow all the developments in our U.S. politics live blog. 

Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters set to descend on Chicago for Democratic convention

Pro-Palestinian groups are planning to bus tens of thousands of protesters into Chicago next week to demonstrate at the Democratic National Convention.

Fervent critics of America's support for Israel in the war in Gaza insist their plans haven't changed since Joe Biden dropped out of the race and Kamala Harris took the nomination, even though she is more sympathetic to Palestinians.

Hatem Abudayyeh, the national chair of the U.S. Palestinian Community Network advocacy group, told NBC demonstrators will be bussed in from nearby states.

He added that there was a virtual meeting held with members after Biden ended his presidential bid, and they agreed nothing would change.

'We’re not going to do anything different. We’re going to mobilize,' Abudayyeh said.

'Harris represents the administration; she represents Biden. There is nothing that she has expressed independently that tells us she does not support the policies'.

Harris is set to formally accept the Democratic nomination for president in her speech to the convention on Thursday night.

Biden will speak on the opening night and be followed by the likes of Barack Obama, Hillary and Bill Clinton and a host of celebrities.

Pro-Palestinian protesters clash with counter-protesters during a rally on the campus of the University of Chicago in Illinois, on May 3, 2024. (Photo by Alex Wroblewski / AFP) (Photo by ALEX WROBLEWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Exclusive:Six in 10 voters say Joe Biden should step down as president now

Joe Biden may have ended his reelection effort but almost six in 10 voters think he should go further and stand down as president.

The 81-year-old bowed to pressure last month and stepped aside as the Democratic nominee for the presidential election after enduring weeks of scrutiny following a disastrous debate performance.

Now voters are wondering whether he is fit enough to lead the country if he is not fit enough to run again.

A whopping 57 percent of likely voters polled by J.L. Partners said they believe the nation's oldest president should resign now.

Those numbers include almost half of Democrats or 47 percent.

First media outlet considers SUING Kamala Harris' campaign for using deceptively edited headlines in ads to make it appear they supported her

A local news radio station in North Dakota is considering legal action after Kamala Harris' campaign edited one of its headlines in a campaign advertisement to make it look like they supported her.

WDAY Radio, based in Fargo, said one of their stories was deceptively used in a Google ad and reached out to the Harris campaign to demand they stop using it.

But the station didn't get a response, and now they are hitting back.

'We feel insulted and violated by what was done here,' Flag Family Media President and Managing Partner Steve Hallstrom told WZFG on Wednesday.

'A political campaign used our news brand and our URL to lie to people about the headline we wrote.'

'We didn’t write that headline. We didn’t write anything close to it. We didn’t write a news story about that,' he said.

'They lied to every single person that saw that ad. It’s misleading, it’s dishonest and it really hurts our news brand.'

'And we are considering all our options here, including legal action,' he said. 'What’s been done here is wrong. This isn’t a grey area matter.'

Joe Rogan praises Kamala Harris' 'banger of a speech' in Atlanta... and reveals why Trump has a 'problem'

Joe Rogan gushed about Kamala Harris on a recent episode of his podcast - praising her Atlanta speech and saying she 'crushed it.'

In an episode featuring guest comic and actor Adam Ray, Rogan said Harris had a 'banger of a speech' last month in Atlanta.

As the pair discussed how a debate between Trump and Harris would go down, Rogan referenced the speech last month - saying that the current Vice President 'crushed' it.

Rogan said this will be a 'problem' for Trump - who has been hesitant to commit to a debate against Harris.

'I do have to say that one speech she gave right after they decided she was going to be the nominee, that one speech where she said, "If you're going to say something, why don't you say it to my face?" It was great timing,' Rogan admitted.

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