Ahead of 2024, senior Democrats rally top Jewish activists House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries vowed to ‘crush’ antisemitism in the US (suuuure he does)

The Forward ^ | 5/23/23

[Impala64ssa]

Senior Democrats rallied top Jewish supporters on Tuesday as the presidential campaign kicks into high gear.

Speaking at a dinner hosted by the Jewish Democratic Council of America’s leadership in Washington, D.C., Douglas Emhoff, the Jewish husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, thanked the group’s board for leading the fight against antisemitism and standing up for America’s democracy.

The group, convening a two-day gathering to discuss strategy and legislative priorities ahead of the 2024 elections, also heard from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who was honored with its “defender of democracy” award.

Emhoff, who often speaks out against antisemitism on behalf of the Biden administration, described the 2024 election as “the most important election of our lifetime,” and condemned as “foolishness” Republicans’ failure to curtail gun violence and efforts to ban abortion.

Rep. Kathy Manning of North Carolina, the co-chair of the House bipartisan task force for combating antisemitism, introduced Emhoff, calling him “the Queen Esther of our time.”

The White House is expected to unveil the first-ever national plan to counter anti-Jewish bigotry later this week. Emhoff in recent months played a key role in formulating the plan. Emhoff told the crowd that President Joe Biden “has been doing a lot of work with us behind the scenes on the plan.”

At a reception following a board meeting, Jeffries said, “Our pledge as House Democrats is to make sure that we stand up, speak up and show up until we crush antisemitism in the United States,” Jeffries is one of eight co-sponsors of a bipartisan resolution recognizing Jewish American Heritage Month. It highlights “the rich history of Jewish people in the United States” and calls out antisemitism.

The strong words come a month after Jeffries faced backlash for a report that as a college student in the 1990s, he defended Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, known for his antisemitic vitriol, and his uncle, Leonard Jeffries, a professor who had made antisemitic comments. House Democrats and Democratic Jews defended Jeffries, who said he does not share the controversial views espoused by his uncle over 30 years ago.

[Impala64ssa]

Don't tell me, lemme guess, Jeffries' man crush on Farrakhan and his idolizing his Jew hating uncle Leonard Jeffries is "taken out of context".

Jewish Democrat couoncil. PFFFT!! The late great Barry Farber warned about self hating Jews like these. They would react with righteous rage at neo nazis, klansmen, etc but if a Black militant were to spit in their faces and call them diamond merchants, slumlords or any other such epithet they would meekly open their umbrellas and convince themselves it's raining. Jewish Dems, like the ADL aren't doing me any favors.

Heel's Up Harris' husband cuckboi. I guess he's called the 2nd Man?



The Queen Esther of our times? WAs that supposed to be funny? I dunno. He looks like the type who owns a couple of "buy here pay here" used car lots in the seedier parts of town

[Paladin2]

The name Hakeem is not, prima facie, antisemitic?

[TigersEye]

It is permissible to lie when engaged in jihad. Or so I’ve heard.

[Ancesthntr]

I’m Jewish, and the more I hear from or about Leftist Jews and the delusions, the more I want to puke. Asswipes like these ushered in Communism in Russia, leading to the murder of at least 20 million br Stalin alone (including one of my great grandfathers), and what was essentially the indentured servitude of 200 million+ people over 3 generations. I HATE these scumbags!

[Angelino97]

Emhoff, who often speaks out against antisemitism on behalf of the Biden administration, described the 2024 election as “the most important election of our lifetime,”

Every election in my lifetime has been "the most important."

[fieldmarshaldj]

But Black Demonrats HATE Jews.

[fieldmarshaldj]

"introduced Emhoff, calling him “the Queen Esther of our time.”

He's not even Aunt Esther.

[Celtic Conservative]

"Our pledge as House Democrats is to make sure that we stand up, speak up and show up until we crush cause antisemitism in the United States”.

There, fixed it.

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[windsorknot]

Jewish Democratic Council of America

What a sick joke. The Democrat Party is infested with Jew haters and those who despise the state of Israel.

[EinNYC]

Leftist libtard Jews are the worst. They have substituted libtardism for G-d, and that is a very lousy exchange indeed. Judaism reveres the family while libtardism reveres the state and its destruction of the family. Every moral value espoused by Judaism is rejected by libtardism. It is really a destruction of self and of the essential parts which distinguish us from animals. Those dimmocraps proudly calling themselves Jews (when it's convenient, mind you) are a disgrace to the religion and in no way represent Jews.

[Nifster]

Democrats have done more to hurt Kjews and Israel than any group since their next door neighbors

[avital2]

uh cough cough ahem...just where was Hakeem when Bernie and Chuck S allowed the Nakba gathering on the Senate’s premises, eh? crickets. all hat, no cattle.

[SJackson]

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Sorry, but in my opining comparing Hakeem Jeffries to Queen Esther/Hadassah shows contempt for Jewish belief and tradition. I've no doubt Hakeem may harbor "royal" ambitions, though probably not lineage like Esther.

[Jewbacca]

Maybe they can start with Hakeem’s participation in Nabka Day, which is a day of mourning for the founding of the State of Israel started by the terrorist PLO, where racist Arabs refused to live in a state where Jews have equal rights, and so voluntarily left, and now claim to be “dispossessed”.

Part of the commemoration was demanding the murder of the millions of Jews living in Israel.

[Eleutheria5]

I’d rather contend with the anti-Semites than have Hakeem Jeffries on the job of “crushing” them.

[Eleutheria5]

” I guess he’s called the 2nd Man?”

Are you sure he’s a man?