(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Antisemitism continues to plague the Democratic Party, despite its dubious claims to stand behind ethnic minorities and numerous hypocritical statements of condemnation.
A recent statement by Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., a far-left radical, came under fire for attacking Israel as a “racist country.” Jayapal specifically stated, “I want you to know that we have been fighting to make it clear that Israel is a racist state.”
The remark, widely condemned for its blatant anti-Semitic tone, drew fiery condemnations from prominent Republican leaders. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, expressed her dismay in a Twitter statement. “No, Israel is not a racist state,” Ernst said on Monday. “Anti-Semitism has no place in America, especially in the halls of Congress.”
Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., echoed Ernst’s remarks but further blasted the entire Democratic Party over its troubling history of spewing anti-Semitic statements in a lengthy Twitter thread. “[Jayapal]’s comments are the most recent in a long line of hate-filled statements towards our greatest ally in the Middle East, Israel,” Good said on Friday. “This is nothing new from the Democrat party.”
🧵 THREAD: @RepJayapal’s comments are the most recent in a long line of hate-filled statements towards our greatest ally in the Middle East, Israel.
This is nothing new from the Democrat party. (1/7)
— Congressman Bob Good (@RepBobGood) July 17, 2023
Good stated that Democrats “openly attack Israel’s legitimacy and the Jewish people with anti-Semitic comments.” In a separate Twitter post, the Virginia lawmaker singled out embattled Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., who is notably known for her opposition to Israel.
“Other members, like Rep. Omar, seem to constantly look for ways to attack them. In 2021, Omar tweeted: ‘Israel has hypnotized the world,'” Good added.
This latest incident sheds light on a separate issue within the Democratic Party surrounding Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s suggestion that COVID-19 might have been an “ethnically targeted” genetic weapon.
RFK Jr., who is running for the Democratic nomination for president, made his remarks at a restaurant in New York. “COVID-19. There is an argument that it is ethnically targeted. COVID-19 attacks certain races disproportionately,” Kennedy said. “COVID-19 is targeted to attack Caucasians and black people. The people who are most immune are Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese.”
As an “Ashkenazi jew” I have never had COVID. You know what else? I got the vaccine and the booster.
RFK Jr.: “The people who are most immune are Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese.”
Why does RFK Jr. bother to even discuss conspiracy theories which have no hard data to back things… pic.twitter.com/5Czpp8KS6D
— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) July 15, 2023
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., attempted to lecture RFK Jr. in a statement shared on Twitter. “The dangerous language used by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. risks fanning the flames of violence against our Jewish and Asian-American brothers and sisters,” Jeffries said. “It should be uniformly condemned.”
Jeffries himself, however, has been mired by his own troubled history with anti-Semitism, akin to his party members. When tapped to replace former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Jeffries became embroiled in controversy after the resurgence of his defense of his uncle’s anti-Semitic remarks, which included comments on the role of “rich Jews” in the African slave trade.
In February 1992, Jeffries called his uncle, Leonard Jeffries, then a professor in New York, a victim of “a media lynching complete with character assassinations and inflammatory erroneous accusations.” Jeffries dismissed the damning scandal, claiming he had little recollection of the 1992 incident.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in comments on Thursday did not denounce anti-Semitic remarks made by his uncle, whom he defended in a newly unearthed college op-ed.
Jeffries merely said that he does not "share any of the controversial views."https://t.co/cfnkZRX9yb pic.twitter.com/qxlfEbf6r4
— Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) April 20, 2023
Jeffries has remained silent on Jayapal’s remarks.
