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Mosby

(19,197 posts)
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 09:23 PM 1 hr ago

Vance says antisemitism isn't 'exploding' on the right

(THIS IS THE JEWISH GROUP)

Vice President JD Vance, reflecting Thursday on his first year in office, said that he disagrees with fellow Republicans who have warned of a rise in antisemitism in their party.

“Judging anybody based on their skin color or immutable characteristics, I think, is fundamentally anti-American and anti-Christian,” Vance said in an interview with NBC News. “I do think it’s important to call this stuff out when I see it. I also, when I talk to young conservatives, I don’t see some simmering antisemitism that’s exploding.”

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has positioned himself as a potential Vance rival in the 2028 presidential race, raising his profile in part by condemning what he sees as an escalation of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish sentiment. Cruz has singled out young conservatives who pressed Vance with questions about Israel at a recent political event, while also criticizing Tucker Carlson, a Vance ally who hosted a Holocaust denier on his podcast.

“Do I think that the Republican Party is substantially more antisemitic than it was 10 or 15 years ago? Absolutely not,” Vance said. “In any bunch of apples, you have bad people. But my attitude on this is we should be firm in saying antisemitism and racism is wrong. ... I think it’s kind of slanderous to say that the Republican Party, the conservative movement, is extremely antisemitic.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/jd-vance/vance-says-antisemitism-isnt-exploding-right-rcna247414
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Vance says antisemitism isn't 'exploding' on the right (Original Post) Mosby 1 hr ago OP
Maybe because it never left the Right in the first place? Ocelot II 1 hr ago #1
This just blows my mind Diamond_Dog 25 min ago #2

Diamond_Dog

(39,413 posts)
2. This just blows my mind
Thu Dec 4, 2025, 10:20 PM
25 min ago

Vance states “Judging anybody based on their skin color or immutable characteristics, I think, is fundamentally anti-American and anti-Christian,” Vance said in an interview with NBC News. “I do think it’s important to call this stuff out when I see it”

Then in practically the next breath he says,

“I think Kristi’s done a good job. I think Stephen Miller, Tom Homan, all these people have done a very good job,” said Vance, referring to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and other officials involved in U.S. border and immigration policy. “That’s where you see the clearest numbers and the most immediate return on all of our time and all of our hard work, and so that’s what I’m proudest of.”

Noem, Homan, et al, are LITERALLY TARGETING AND TERRORIZING BROWN SKINNED PEOPLE!

I know, why should I expect this cringey doofus to make any sense. But, the lack of self awareness is just breathtaking.

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