Trading barbs is nothing new for the Republican Jewish Coalition or the dovish lobby J Street. One supports Republicans running for Congress, the other raises money for Democrats who share liberal views on Israel, and both have a lot to say about each other. This latest round of sniping began with the launch of “Stop…
“Stick a fork in him.” This tweet from Missouri state senator Rob Schaaf (R-St. Joseph) encapsulated what many in the Show-Me State were thinking Thursday morning after hearing the news about Republican governor Eric Greitens – he’s done. Local TV station KMOV reported on Wednesday night that Greitens had an extramarital affair in 2015, and…
Jewish Republicans are celebrating President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and want to show Trump their appreciation. “We’re thanking President Trump for declaring Jerusalem the eternal capital of Israel and starting plans to move the embassy to Jerusalem,” read an email sent to RJC supporters, urging them to sign an…
With an open Senate seat looking likely in Minnesota, a familiar face is remerging. Norm Coleman, the Republican Jewish senator who narrowly lost his seat to Al Franken in 2008, is now being viewed as a potential candidate for running again and reclaiming his old seat upon Franken’s resignation. Coleman, who now serves as chairman…
“We’re leading an insurgency movement against the Republican establishment, against the permanent global class in Washington, D.C.,” a combative Steve Bannon announced Sunday in his address at the annual Zionist Organization of America gala dinner. Bannon, the director of Breitbart and the former White House chief strategist, wants the Jewish community to join, depicting the…
When the Senate took on immigration reform in 2006, it was a Jewish Republican who led the way to approving a comprehensive bill that would provide millions of undocumented immigrants with a path to citizenship. The late Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania explained that his decision was guided by his own experience, as the son of…
Some of President Trump’s staunchest supporters in the Jewish community may have had enough. Trump’s Tuesday afternoon rant — in which he claimed that there were some “fine people” in the crowd of white supremacists who chanted anti-Semitic slogans in Charlottesville, Virgnia, and equated the “alt-right” and neo-Nazi marchers with counter-protesters who came to oppose…
Taking a firm stand against President Trump’s comments on the Charlottesville events, the Republican Jewish Coalition is calling on the president to “provide greater moral clarity in rejecting racism, bigotry, and anti-Semitism.” In a statement issued by the group’s national chairman Norm Coleman and executive director Matt Brooks, the RJC made clear it does not…
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