08-21-2019, 12:59 PM
And, it’s less about disparaging voters (a convenient bonus for him) than it is to more broadly “call out” Democratic politicians in an effort to portray any criticism of Israel/Israeli leadership they may have into a charge of anti-Semitism. That’s how Trump fell into the trap of saying it would be better for Democrats to be loyal to a foreign country than to the constituents who elected them.
“... Trump’s goal: conflating Omar’s comments with Tlaib’s and Ocasio-Cortez’s criticism of Israel’s policies. Conflating that with anti-Semitism. Then conflating those representatives with the Democratic Party broadly. We go quickly from the views of two freshman members of Congress to a sweeping indictment of the party that is presented as necessarily disqualifying for anyone Jewish.“
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/...-disloyal/
The irony of the ridiculousness is all over the place. In that opinion piece link, Philip Bump shows how back in 2015 Trump spoke to the RJC, telling them they won’t support him because he doesn’t want their money and that they should find someone else to control ... a very similar thing Omar apologized for. But for Trump, the RJC thanked him then and support him still.
“... Trump’s goal: conflating Omar’s comments with Tlaib’s and Ocasio-Cortez’s criticism of Israel’s policies. Conflating that with anti-Semitism. Then conflating those representatives with the Democratic Party broadly. We go quickly from the views of two freshman members of Congress to a sweeping indictment of the party that is presented as necessarily disqualifying for anyone Jewish.“
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/...-disloyal/
The irony of the ridiculousness is all over the place. In that opinion piece link, Philip Bump shows how back in 2015 Trump spoke to the RJC, telling them they won’t support him because he doesn’t want their money and that they should find someone else to control ... a very similar thing Omar apologized for. But for Trump, the RJC thanked him then and support him still.