[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."
"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.
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. |
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