Amid mass enthusiasm over Vice President Kamala Harris’ pick of Minnesota Gov. Walz as her running mate, Republicans and other pro-Israel figures have turned to a spurious argument to criticize the Democratic nominee. They disingenuously claim her decision was in fact motivated by antisemitism. Everyone from Nikki Haley and House Speaker Mike Johnson to commentators Erick Erickson and Van Jones hopped on the claim.
Former President Donald Trump, who not long ago hosted vicious antisemite Nick Fuentes for dinner, said Wednesday it was “very insulting to Jewish people.”
The claim is rich at its face for Republican politicians, given their candidate’s own long history of “insulting” Jewish people. More broadly, those suggesting the “far left” conducted a mudslinging campaign against Shapiro due to his faith don’t seem to reconcile how this amorphous “far left” happily backed Jewish presidential candidates like Bernie Sanders or Jill Stein in recent years. Nor do they cite any actual evidence of Shapiro’s progressive critics attacking, highlighting, or even mentioning his Jewish faith. ….more
