61. "plenty of people criticize israel/aipac all the time." In response to In response to 58
even jewish people like bernie (who was the only prez candidate in 2016 to skip the usual aipac speech i believe).
shaun king at a bernie rally this weekend talked in blunt terms about the israeli apartheid state/occupation and nobody even batted a lash.
80% of jewish americans vote for democrats. the large majority of those people love/support israel but dont fuck with aipac or the netanyahu regime. especially the younger generations of jewish americans.
there are currently like 20 jewish members of congress. all but 2 of them are democrats.
im not even sure what point im trying to make lol. but i dont think that many people (jewish or otherwise) really give a fuck about omars comments outside of the dc political/pundit class. but the press/lobby seem to have fixated on her (along with aoc and tlaib).