Green Party nominee Jill Stein has been recruiting Palestinian Americans to be her vice presidential running mate as the left-wing presidential candidate looks to exploit the community’s frustrations with Democrats' support for Israel during its war in Gaza.
Three potential candidates told NBC News last week they had multiple conversations with Stein about the job.
A spokesperson for a third potential candidate, the Democratic mayor of Dearborn, Michigan, Abdullah Hammoud, confirmed Stein asked him if he was willing to be considered for the job — before realizing Hammoud is too young to be constitutionally eligible.
Stein is planning to announce her running mate next Friday. It’s unclear whom she has chosen or if she has made her decision yet.
The Stein campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Noura Erakat, a prominent human rights attorney and Rutgers University professor with a large following on social media, confirmed discussing the position with Stein and said she was disappointed by the way Vice President Kamala Harris shut down pro-Palestinian protesters in Detroit on Wednesday.
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