You need money to stay in Congress, so what’s a few grand from an anti-Israel member of the US House? I’m sure that’s what the Democrat’s DC ambassador to NH Congressional District-1 thinks. He got $8K from some anti-Semitic PAC, and everyone’s dander is up.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s Build Our Movement PAC has been spreading the donations around, but she’s got some baggage that just got a lot heavier after Hamas invaded Israel. She got some pushback after calling Israel a racist state. Her response was to clarify who she thought the racist Israelis were. And in an Omar-esque “some people did something moment,” she referred to Hamas’ invasion of the Jewish State as an ongoing situation in the Middle East.
Pramila is good buddies with the infamous anti-semite Rashida Tlaib and is considered to be a member of The Squad, fitting nicely with their worldview about socialism, tyranny, and hating Jews. But Pappas is reportedly standing with Israel – probably because someone in leadership told him it was okay to do that, and it is his turn to feel a bit of the fire under his feet.
Candidate Hollie Noveletsky wasted no time taking a shot at Pappas.
“Since the horrific attacks against Israel on October 7th, Chris Pappas has stated his strong support for Israel. Yet he has no problem taking money from a PAC closely connected to anti-Israel Congresspeople like Ilhan Omar, Pramila Jayapal, Rashida Tlaib, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,” said Noveletsky. She continued, “Leadership is about actions, not just words, but it seems to be about political expediency for Chris. I sincerely hope he’ll return the money and condemn the blatantly antisemitic actions of colleagues in his caucus such as Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar.”
Russell Prescott, another candidate running to replace Pappas in CD-1, was even quicker to call on him to apologize and return the funds.
Jayapal voted “present” on a bipartisan House resolution declaring support for Israel and condemnation of Hamas’ terrorist attacks that killed more than 1,000 civilians, including 30 American citizens. She has criticized President Joe Biden’s strong support for Israel and believes it will cause him to lose support from Muslim voters. Jayapal previously called Israel a “racist state” at a progressive conference before walking the comments back due to widespread condemnation.
We should expect that, but here’s the thing. Pappas gets all of his money (likely with rare exceptions) from Democrats, and only when publicly prudent will they openly support Israel. The Left’s support for Iran has amplified the perception that Democrats – not all of them, but as a party – hate Israel. The rantings of their ideological offspring, most visibly on College Campuses, amplify the impression much the way a child yelling f**k at a dinner table surrounded by friends suggests an abundance of loose language at home.
You say you support Israel, but what’s all this then? Your political machine and its indoctrination wings – especially at the elite schools – are churning out anti-semites faster than a Hitler Youth Camp.
Members of your party with a documented history of anti-Israeli dogma keep getting elected by rank-and-file Democrats to public office.
Pasty white Pappas from an unreligious state that is only 2% Jewish and less than 1% Muslim finds himself in a bit of a pickle. Does anyone aside from his likely opponents care if he receives money from anti-Semitic political PACs? I mean, do they really care? And what’s $8,000.00 in a campaign for Congress to an incumbent? He raised over 5 million for the 2022 contest, more than double his first race for a gig inside the Beltway.
In other words, he can give it back, or he can keep it with all the money he gets from every other Jew-hating Democrat PAC because it’s a big pile of money from a party and people who are only friendly to (or about) Israel when the need to stay in power demands it.
That is your answer. If Congressman Chris is convinced by someone in leadership that he needs to appear to care and that this empty gesture will do that, he’ll have someone in the campaign cut a check to the Build Our Movement PAC with a little yellow post-it attached. “Need to return this. Hope you understand. See you in January 2025 (?)”
Note: we added “the truth” to the resist shirt in the featured image.
HT | Daily Caller
