Newly elected GOP congressman-elect Abe Hamadeh, representing Arizona’s 8th Congressional District, has offered a powerful analysis of the 2024 election results, emphasizing the key factors that led to Republican success and Democratic setbacks. In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, Hamadeh attributed the victory to the American people’s realization that Democrat policies had failed them, pointing to the economic crisis and the open border crisis as prime examples.
Hamadeh, who is the son of Syrian immigrants, directly addressed the accusations of racism and misogyny leveled against Republicans by some Democrats and media pundits following Trump’s victory. He asserted that these claims were a deflection from the real issues, stating, “The left always, this is why they hate me so much too, they literally called me a white supremacist, even though I’m the son of Syrian immigrants and I’ve got family who are all from everywhere and all type of colors.”
He continued, “They don’t know how to [address the real issues] because they can’t accept the fact that their policies have failed the American people everywhere. It’s been implemented, like California and San Francisco, like in Chicago, like in New York City, name a successful Democrat-run city. You can’t because all they do is bring destruction, misery and chaos, and they’re trying to transform our country into something that it is not, something that looks like where some of my family comes from in Venezuela and we are not going to go to socialism or communism.”
Hamadeh further highlighted President Trump’s remarkable success in garnering support from minority groups, defying the media narrative that Trump’s victory was driven by racism and sexism. He pointed to Trump’s significant gains among Arab-Americans in Michigan, as well as his historic support among Jewish, Black, and Hispanic voters. “President Trump was the one who was able to capture the most amount of minorities, Arab-Americans in Michigan. If you look at Jewish Americans and Black Americans, Hispanic voters, it was just truly remarkable and historical,” he stated.
Hamadeh attributed his own victory and Trump’s success to a strong understanding of Arizona voters’ concerns. “Nobody was happy with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and this wide open border and the economy with the inflation crisis that we’re in. So, you know, I truly believed that we were going to win and it was a resounding victory for President Trump, winning the popular vote, winning the Electoral College, uniting so many different factions within the Republican Party.”
He emphasized that the issues of immigration and the economy were paramount in driving voter turnout in Arizona. “It gives a combination of both, I think it was the open border chaos because for how many years has Joe Biden and Kamala Harris tried to gaslight the American people that they’re doing everything they can to secure our border, which was obviously a lie?” Hamadeh said. “I mean, they literally have an open invitation to illegal immigrants coming across where fentanyl is being trafficked, sex trafficking. So I think people understood that inherently that President Trump did have a secure border and Kamala and Joe Biden, you see how quickly they destroyed it. It causes you to think that maybe having a president who actually wants to secure the border is pretty important.”
On the issue of inflation, Hamadeh pointed to the stark reality faced by Arizona voters in their everyday lives. “Arizona’s hit really hard with the inflation crisis and I know I know that money talks in many ways and they understand that President Trump had a booming economy,” Hamadeh said. “When you go to the grocery store now, it is so expensive, when you go to the checkout lane. So I do think it was a combination of the economy and the border.”
Hamadeh concluded by observing a shift in sentiment among voters, noting that some who supported Biden in 2020 had come around to Trump in 2024. “But also truly, I do think it was many people, if you look at what Elon Musk and so many other people who voted for Joe Biden in 2020 now came around to President Trump. I think they understood that the weaponization of the rule of law and attacking the First Amendment and our Constitution was a threat to our very foundation as a republic. So I do think people did understand that this moment required us to go back to some common sense sanity and to restore the America we love.”
Hamadeh’s insights provide valuable context for understanding the political landscape of the 2024 election, highlighting the impact of economic concerns, immigration policies, and a growing sense of unease regarding the erosion of constitutional principles among voters.
