No one here is debating that there is some hidden upside to theocracy. They’re bad, we get it.
His point though, is that much like the Miami Cubans, the Iranian exiles that fled after the overthrow of the Shah, tend to be part of the old ruling class that had been disempowered. At least, the most vocal ones.
Also, just like Batista, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, was enabled and backed by Western powers, before revolutionaries overthrew him and ended his dynasty.
What’s crazy is that your comment isn’t even endorsing any position, just stating a fact:
Michigan has a large and diverse Muslim community and without them, Biden is unlikely to win the state.
His policy on Israel’s war has lost him those votes, and that has been reflected in the polling since long before the debate.
This isn’t a new development.