Anti-Semitism and JD Vance
I think it is clear by now that we have a very serious antisemitism problem within the Democratic Party. Their last presidential nominee said she empathized with students on over 300 college campuses who were calling for Jewish genocide. She boycotted Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speech to Congress and then told him to his face that Israel is deliberately causing a famine in Gaza—a lie. She went to George Mason University and affirmed a student who was falsely accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza.
President Biden said that the campus protesters “had a point.” At least ten Democratic senators are calling for a full arms embargo against Israel, following the Biden administration’s partial arms embargo. Democrats also just elected Mamdani as mayor of New York, a man who refuses to reject the phrase “globalize the intifada” and who has openly expressed anti-Israel views, including saying he would want to arrest Prime Minister Netanyahu if he ever came to New York.
The overwhelming majority of Democrats openly support the Palestinians against the democratic State of Israel.
At the same time, we also have a problem with antisemitism in the Republican Party. This is now being expressed openly by figures such as Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, and Nick Fuentes and his so-called “Groypers.”
We have had great support from President Trump and the Republicans in Congress providing a strong support for Israel and fighting anti-Semitism.
However, the real danger on the right—despite President Trump’s overwhelming support for Israel and his strong record of fighting antisemitism—is his vice president.
Concern Regarding JD Vance’s Statements on Antisemitism and Israel
I am deeply concerned about recent public statements and actions by vance that, in my view, risk undermining one of America’s most important moral and civilizational commitments: rejecting antisemitism without equivocation and standing firmly with Israel.
Vance has recently suggested that one can be broadly critical of Israel without antisemitic intent. While this may be true in theory, in practice it has become clear over the last several years that explicit hostility toward Israel is often used as a shield for antisemitism itself. This goes far beyond criticism of specific Israeli policies. It includes false accusations, historical distortions, and a refusal to acknowledge Israel’s extraordinary contributions to the world and to the United States in areas such as technology, intelligence, medicine, and democratic stability in a hostile region.
He falsely claimed that virtually no Americans are anti-Semitic. They're just upset about Israeli policies. Pure nonsense.
Vance: Almost no Americans are antisemitic, real issue is ‘backlash’ to US policy on Israel | The Times of Israel https://share.google/
At a Turning Point event, Vance was asked by a young questioner—who appeared openly hostile to Israel—why the United States gives Israel “hundreds of billions of dollars a year,” a claim that is demonstrably false. Rather than correcting the lie or offering a clear moral defense of our ally, Senator Vance responded only that the U.S. supports Israel when our interests align. This reluctance to plainly defend Israel, especially in the face of misinformation, was deeply troubling.
Even more concerning was Vance’s decision to speak at the conference following an open debate within that movement about whether antisemitism should be tolerated. When asked about this issue, he stated that as long as individuals “love America,” there should be no bars to their participation—effectively signaling that antisemitism is not disqualifying within the conservative movement. No distancing from the anti semite of the year, Tucker Carlson, or Candice owens. https://www.jta.org/
When Ben Shapiro called them out, Steve Bannon blasted him. https://www.
Vance's position of welcoming anti semites in the umbrella of the conservatives is profoundly at odds with the American tradition. One cannot "Love America" and be an anti semite. From ’ George Washington's letter to the Jewish community of Newport,
{George Washington Letter - Touro Synagogue https://share.google/
promising that the United States would give “to bigotry no sanction,” America has understood that antisemitism is incompatible with the ideals of the Republic. Many of the signers of the were deeply shaped by the Old Testament and the Judeo-Christian moral tradition. Respect for the Jewish people is not incidental to America—it is foundational.
Antisemitism—whether explicit or disguised as anti-Israel rhetoric—has no place in the conservative movement or in American public life. Loving America means upholding its principles, not redefining them to accommodate bigotry.
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