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Fast Forward Minnesota GOP Chapter Shares Facebook Post Comparing Bernie Sanders To Hitler
(JTA) — A Republican Party organization in northwestern Minnesota has come under fire for a Facebook post comparing Sen. Bernie Sanders to Adolf Hitler. The Clay County Republican Party later apologized and deleted the post, which it said was shared by a volunteer. The post included side-by-side photos of Sanders and Hitler and compared several…
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Opinion Howard Schultz Could Spell The End Of Donald Trump
As soon as former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz tweeted his interest in running an independent, self-funded presidential campaign, the response was instantaneous — and bad. Schultz was dunked on by everyone from Bill Kristol to Julian Castro. I love our country, and I am seriously considering running for president as a centrist independent. — Howard…
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Opinion Fighting Anti-Semitism Has Become A Partisan Game
Last week, both Republican and Democratic representatives in Congress were revealed to have met with anti-Semites. But only one side was reported in the mainstream media: GOP Congressmen’s association with Holocaust denier Chuck Johnson. Correct me if I’m wrong, but is that Chuck C. Johnson walking with Reps. Phil Roe and Andy Harris? Both waited…
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Opinion ‘Dual Loyalty’? Nice Try. Republicans Are The Ones Using Israel As A Partisan Football
We’ve heard a lot about the anti-Semitic “dual loyalty” canard recently. The idea that Jews are more loyal to Israel and each other than they are to the country in which they live has been used to justify the mass murder of Jews since Pharaoh in the Bible. It’s something we’re sensitive about, and in…
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Fast Forward ‘Jews Must Find Jesus’ Republican May Not Get To Congress After All
An evangelical Christian pastor who apparently won a North Carolina congressional seat last month by a razor-thin margin may not be seated as serious voter fraud allegations rock the race. Republican Mark Harris, who infamously said Jews should embrace Jesus if they want peace in the land of Israel, led Democrat Don McCready by just…
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Fast Forward North Carolina Republican Who Said Jews Should Embrace Jesus Wins House Seat
A Republican congressional candidate who said in a sermon that Jews and Muslims should convert to Christianity to create peace in Israel won his race for North Carolina’s 9th House District. Mark Harris narrowly beat Democrat Dan McCready 49.4%-48.8% in the midterm election on Tuesday. Harris expressed the importance of conversion for Israel and shared…
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Fast Forward Jewish GOP Chief Denounces Anti-Semitic Republican ‘Fistfuls Of Cash’ Ads
Matt Brooks, director of the Republican Jewish Coalition, denounced ads by Republicans featuring Jewish candidates holding fistfuls of cash. There have been at least five such ads, both as TV spots as mailers, that have been deployed this election cycle. “This crap must end!” Brooks wrote on Twitter. As I’ve commented repeatedly. This is vile…
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Fast Forward Florida Student Arrested After Pouring Chocolate Milk On Republican Canvasser
(JTA) — A Jewish woman, 19, who poured chocolate milk on a Republican campaign volunteer on the campus of Florida State University was arrested and charged with battery. Shelby Shoup turned herself in on Thursday afternoon, hours after the incident which was caught on video and posted on Twitter by fellow FSU student Hunter Pollack,…
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