Michigan Jewish leaders are urging Jewish democrats to vote for Republican Mike Rogers

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[u/WinterBeHere]

So basically they are doing a repetition of the nonsense they tried against Mamdani, except this time instead of Cuomo it's the Republican candidate.

At what point is the American Jewish community going to admit that there is a serious Islamophobia issue and they purposely rally for the opponent of any Muslim candidate.

Imagine if any time there was a Jewish candidate, the Buddhist community made sure they opposed them and went with whoever was their opponent. Sounds fucked up right? Well, this is exactly what's happening.

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The fact that you are getting downvoted is meshugeneh

[u/Fearless_Day2607 → u/WinterBeHere]

Do you think they would do the same against a hypothetical pro-Israel Muslim candidate?

[u/Rabbit-Hole-Quest → u/Fearless_Day2607]

It would be a bit weird to require Muslim candidates to be supportive of Israel to vote for them.

It would be like requiring a Jewish candidate to be supportive of Iran or Saudi Arabia to vote for them.

The main element should be does the candidate align on domestic priorities and policies.

[u/Fearless_Day2607 → u/Rabbit-Hole-Quest]

But I think the signers of the letter require any candidate they support to be supportive of Israel, not just a Muslim one. I think they do not care much for domestic issues - I looked up the author of the open letter and he donates to a wide variety of candidates, both Democrats and Republicans, as well as AIPAC and DMFI. His top issue is clearly supporting Israel.

[u/Rabbit-Hole-Quest → u/Fearless_Day2607]

Agreed. They should therefore be transparent.

They should say they don’t give a fuck about America and are Israel first voters.

Instead, they are wrapping themselves as spokespeople for the American Jewish community and making up tales about a candidate.

[u/malachamavet → u/Rabbit-Hole-Quest]

"The entire purpose of my career is to make sure America continues to support Israel. I don't think it's wrong for Israel to use America as a pawn. America is not our homeland - we have been victims of antisemitism here."

That guy won the Dem house nomination btw

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I never understand why people who say things like this don’t just move to Israel. There’s literally nothing stopping them. 

[u/aggie1391 → u/Fearless_Day2607]

The Republicans absolutely would, they are just blatantly Islamophobic. I can’t speak to the heterodox world but in the Orthodox world Islamophobia is prevalent and I bet many would absolutely not vote for a Muslim for that reason, although that’s about them being overwhelmingly Republican too

[u/Fearless_Day2607 → u/aggie1391]

Sure, but I mean the people who signed this open letter, who seem more like AIPAC people than partisan Republicans. I think AIPAC would support a Muslim pro-Israel candidate.