KUOW: Uncommitted Delegates for Gaza
Rebekah Harris Liebermann is the granddaughter of Holocaust refugees and one of potentially thousands of Washingtonians who plan to vote “uncommitted” in the state’s Democratic presidential primary next week.
“My grandfather died just about a year ago, and it would break his heart to see what is being done in his name and in our names,” Liebermann told KUOW. “It is imperative that we do absolutely everything that we can to not only stop the genocide that's happening.”
The group stood in the cold Monday in front of the Henry M. Jackson Federal Building in downtown Seattle to call on Democrats to use the ballot box to send the Biden administration a message: If Biden does not support a permanent ceasefire, they cannot support him.
…The uncommitted movement is now picking up steam in Washington state, where presidential primary ballots must be postmarked by March 12, or turned in to ballot boxes by 8 p.m.
…“That being said, the Uncommitted Delegates push is much less about the delegates themselves and more about the very clear desire by a majority of Democrats for a permanent ceasefire,” one of the coalition's organizers Kelsey Hamlin said in a statement to KUOW. “This will not only lead to Biden being stronger as a candidate in the General but also, and most importantly, to saving lives. It's up to Biden whether he decides to pick up these votes by using his actions, not just his words.”
