Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Jewish Group

MosheFeingold

(3,051 posts) Fri Dec 13, 2019, 10:39 AM Dec 2019

Cory Booker's Statement on Jersey City Attack [View all]

The text of it is here:

https://www.insidernj.com/booker-statement-jersey-city-slayings/

Curiously missing from the statement about the slaughter of Jewish people is any mention of Jewish people, Judaism, antisemitism, or anything else.

A more cynical person than myself would call this a silent dog whistle to a more-important-voting-block than mere Jews that happens to be overwhelmingly antisemitic. I'm not ready to go there yet. But I'm darn close.

This is the kind of crap that started the JDL (for those of you old enough to remember). Those were not great days.

7 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Cory Booker's Statement on Jersey City Attack [View all] MosheFeingold Dec 2019 OP

You forgot to mention that this statement was issued immediately after the attack.... 11cents Dec 2019 #1

Has he fixed it? n/t MosheFeingold Dec 2019 #2

That's it? 11cents Dec 2019 #3

Not really MosheFeingold Dec 2019 #4

IT WAS NOT KNOWN THAT JEWS WERE TARGETED AT THAT POINT. 11cents Dec 2019 #5

Yeah, hard to figure out MosheFeingold Dec 2019 #6

It was not Cory Booker's job to announce conclusions that law enforcement had not yet made. 11cents Dec 2019 #7