Deborah Lipstadt may be asked to apologize to Republican senator before confirmation as antisemitism

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Source: JTA

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But despite Biden’s formal nomination of Lipstadt last July, Lipstadt has yet to be confirmed by the Senate.

According to a New York Times report, Lipstadt may be asked to apologize to a Republican senator for a tweet in which she accused him of white supremacy before Republican members of Congress will agree to confirm the noted historian of the Holocaust.

On March 14, 2021, Lipstadt tweeted an article about a statement by Republican Senator Ron Johnson in which he said he would have been more concerned by the events of Jan. 6, 2021 had the rioters been “Black Lives Matter and antifa protesters” instead of Trump supporters. Lipstadt tweeted the article, saying “This is white supremacy/nationalism. Pure and simple.”

Other Republican lawmakers have faulted her for appearing in an ad during the 2020 presidential race likening former President Donald Trump’s rhetoric to those of the Nazis in the 1930s, before the Holocaust.

Read more: https://www.jta.org/2022/01/09/politics/deborah-lipstadt-may-be-asked-to-apologize-to-republican-senator-before-confirmation-as-antisemitism-envoy-per-report

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What a fucking POS Johnson is! For all the whining they do about "snowflakes", they are the biggest ones in the snowstorm!

[Walleye]

1. Simple use their non-apology apology "I'm sorry if what I said offended you"

[Achilleaze]

2. I'm sorry you Republican racists cannot handle the truth

But that's how sorryass your Russian-goon infiltrated pARTy has become.

[Walleye]

3. I like that one better but I don't think it would serve the purpose

[Behind the Aegis]

4. LOL! That would be priceless.

Watch as they all gnash their teeth that it isn't a "real" apology.

[ShazzieB]

12. "I'm sorry if what I said offended you..."

"...but if the shoe fits, wear the damned thing."

Yeah, I know that wouldn't fly, but it was fun to type that.

[Orrex]

5. "I'm sorry if the delicate racist Senator or his Nazi supporters decided to be offended."

[bucolic_frolic]

6. It's just balls and strikes. And Ron Anon should explain too.

[JohnSJ]

7. Does anyone believe that any Senate republicans will vote to confirm with or without an apology, for

pointing out the truth

[Paladin]

8. Ron Johnson should apologize for existing.

And resign immediately thereafter.

[llashram]

9. if so, apologize

then get on with people's business. We need her if President Biden on good advice nominated Ms Lipstadt. Like the nazis in the RW ever apologize. Truth hurts, that's why they are whining.

[calimary]

11. "I apologize to America that our country has to suffer the likes of YOU, Senator."

THERE! An apology!

[llashram]

21. smack!!!

[Xipe Totec]

10. Double down. That's the only thing Republicans respect. nt

[turbinetree]

13. Fuck Ron Johnson, he should apologize for going to Russia

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a34042751/ron-johnson-ukraine-joe-biden-investigation-russia/

[Solly Mack]

14. Asked to apologize for telling the truth.

Fucked up.

[LiberalFighter]

15. How was she being anti-semitic?

[Talitha]

18. That's what I'm wondering, too.

[Behind the Aegis]

20. Huh?

[WVreaper]

16. I'm sorry but

you Senator owe an apology to the citizens of the United States for trying to overthrow a legally elected president.

[70sEraVet]

17. I met Ms. Lipstadt once.

I don't think she will apologize for pointing out when someone makes a racist statement. Pointing out people's racist statements have been her life's work.

[ShazzieB]

22. Good point!

I've not had the privilege to meet her, but I've been a Lipstadt "fan" ever since seeing Denial, the movie that was based on her book History on Trial (and subsequently reading the book). I am not reading another book, of hers, Antisemitism: Here and Now, and it's fascinating.

I hope this call for an apology turns our to be a minor bump in the road to her confirmation, because I can't imagine anyone more qualified to serve as the State Department’s antisemitism envoy that Lipstadt.

[Behind the Aegis]

23. "I am not reading another book"

I assume you are reading it. I read it when it first came out. Not a huge fan of the format, but the information is top notch and as someone who has studied anti-Semitism for years, I even learned a few new things! I hope you enjoy it. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts when you are done, so if so inclined, pop me a PM when you finish with your thoughts.

[ShazzieB]

24. Somehow, I missed hearing about the book when it xame out.

I just recently discovered it on Amazon and promptly downloaded it to read on my Kindle app.

I thought the format was weird at first, but the farther I get into the book, the less I notice ir mind it. I haven't gotten very far yet, but I've already learned some new things, like how the term "antisemitism" originated, and the fact there have been disagreements about to spell and punctuate it. (I knew it was based on the term for the Semitic family of languages, but nothing beyond that.)

I absolutely love it when an author can make me see all kinds of new angles to a topic I thought I was already familiar with, and she's doing that on practically every page so far.

[Behind the Aegis]

25. AS I recall, when you hit the middle the topic confronts Holocaust denial.

It's been a while since I read it, but it sounds if you are enjoying it.

[Joinfortmill]

19. Should not apologize.

[Skittles]

26. she told the absolute truth

she should NOT back down

[Omaha Steve]

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