Come on say it....you scum hate Jews!
Democrats struggled Monday to defend their party’s nasty split over support for Israel, begging the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s annual conference to look past the comments of some freshmen lawmakers and trust the years of support shown by party leaders.
While Republicans chided Democrats for failing to take a tougher stand on anti-Semitic comments, Democrats — and AIPAC members — said Republicans were going too far in trying to create a political issue.
“Not only is it demonstrably false to say Democrats are anti-Israel. It also hurts the Israel-U.S. relationship,” said Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, rebutting President Trump’s claims that Democrats have strayed beyond anti-Israel and into being “anti-Jewish.” \ Mr. Schumer derided attempts to score “political points” over the relationship between the two nations.
“Plain and simple, the Democratic Party supports Israel, and we will continue to do so,” he told AIPAC.
But his party has fed the narrative after House Democrats stumbled in responding to comments by Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat who so far this year has said lawmakers who support Israel were bought by AIPAC and that Jewish lawmakers hold dual loyalty — both classic anti-Semitic tropes.
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Democrats struggled Monday to defend their party’s nasty split over support for Israel, begging the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s annual conference to look past the comments of some freshmen lawmakers and trust the years of support shown by party leaders.
While Republicans chided Democrats for failing to take a tougher stand on anti-Semitic comments, Democrats — and AIPAC members — said Republicans were going too far in trying to create a political issue.
“Not only is it demonstrably false to say Democrats are anti-Israel. It also hurts the Israel-U.S. relationship,” said Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, rebutting President Trump’s claims that Democrats have strayed beyond anti-Israel and into being “anti-Jewish.” \ Mr. Schumer derided attempts to score “political points” over the relationship between the two nations.
“Plain and simple, the Democratic Party supports Israel, and we will continue to do so,” he told AIPAC.
But his party has fed the narrative after House Democrats stumbled in responding to comments by Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat who so far this year has said lawmakers who support Israel were bought by AIPAC and that Jewish lawmakers hold dual loyalty — both classic anti-Semitic tropes.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ..