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Home Front: Politix
Dean Phillips says it's 'very difficult' to be a Jewish member of Congress in Democratic Party
2023-11-05
[Washington Examiner] Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN)
...elected in 2018 by beating six-term Republican incumbent Erik Paulsen, the first Democrat to win in that district since 1958. If he should lose, he can exercise his MBA by going back to running the family distillery, or perhaps start another new venture...
discussed the difficulty of being a Jewish member of Congress while calling out far-left House Democrats for their response to the Israel-Hamas war, citing a lack of "progressive love."

"Being a Jewish member of Congress in the Democratic caucus is very difficult right now, you can imagine," Phillips said Friday evening on Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO. "There is seemingly a lack of progressive love when it comes to our doorstep, and it’s problematic."
It’s not at all seeming, my dear, but very, very real.
"I know I don't look like someone whose community might need support or affection or protection," Phillips said.

Members of Congress have repeatedly sounded the alarm on the rise of antisemitism following the start of the Israel-Hamas war — including multiple arrests made in connection to hate crimes or threats against Jewish people.

"I believe one of the reasons Israel was invaded is because there is a moral, morally bankrupt leader in Israel," Phillips said of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "I would say of a very morally wonderful nation who opened the door to an attack because of the division that he has caused."
Ugh.
"Not unlike a former president in this country who is also an immoral leader of a very moral country," Phillips said, referring to former President Donald Trump.
Double ugh.
Since launching his Democratic presidential bid against President Joe Biden, Philips has been increasingly vocal about how the U.S. needs to support Israel, although he’s said he supports resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with a two-state solution in the long term.
Missed the boat on that one, but it’s also clear that all his campaign will accomplish is to highlight that there is no longer a home for Jews in the Democratic Party, and to fertilize the national economy with the money he’ll be spending.
Posted by:Besoeker

#13  He qualifies to change his name to Dean Soros.
Posted by: Enver Dingle4916   2023-11-05 15:37  

#12   What kind of Jewish name is Phillips?

The name of his mother’s second husband.

In America, anyone may have any name they want. They aren’t stuck with that horrible, insulting thing their ancestor was given when he couldn’t afford to buy a nice one following Napoleon’s decree that all would have to adopt a family name,. Many Belgians have equally horrid family names, because what they thought would be another temporary spasm of their French overlords turned out to be permanent.
Posted by: trailing wife   2023-11-05 14:46  

#11  blaming Netanyahu's legal issues for the genocidal invasion by Hamas is a mark of someone trying to deny reality

however, I do hope he beats Biden in NH.
Posted by: lord garth   2023-11-05 14:26  

#10  If I recall right, a Jew once said you can only server one master.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2023-11-05 13:29  

#9  When you are Socialist first and Jewish last, or are an 'Atheist Jew' whatever that is, being blind to the Anti-Semitism is easy.
Posted by: magpie   2023-11-05 13:27  

#8  What kind of Jewish name is Phillips? That's the first thing I thought.
Posted by: Penguin_of_the_Desert   2023-11-05 11:39  

#7  so i will ... what?
Posted by: irish rage boy   2023-11-05 11:08  

#6  How about a slogan "Party of Truman & MLK, not Hamas!"
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2023-11-05 10:46  

#5  Lie down with dogs, "where'd these anti-semitic fleas come from?"
Posted by: Frank G   2023-11-05 10:43  

#4  I take it back. After reading what he has to say about Bibi Netanyahu and The Donald, it’s clear he is still at the stage of pleading to his fellow Dems to be less mean.

Run a moderate, pro-Israel Republican against him, and see which way the voters in his corner of Minnesota fall.
Posted by: trailing wife   2023-11-05 10:38  

#3  The Republicans will take him to strengthen their control of the House. And he will spend a lot of time talking with supporters of Israel about how he was driven out of the Democratic Party.
Posted by: trailing wife   2023-11-05 10:22  

#2  Not sure the Right wants him. Way too liberal.
Posted by: Xyz   2023-11-05 09:45  

#1  Time for your choice has arrived. Pick an identity.
Posted by: ed in texas   2023-11-05 08:53  

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