Congressional Socialists Won’t Support Israel After Hamas Massacre

Shortly after the United States Congress filled the role of House Speaker, it voted on H.Res 771, Resolution Standing with Israel as it defends itself against the barbaric war launched by Hamas and other terrorists. The bipartisan resolution was put forward by Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY).

It passed by a vote of 412-10, with nine Democrats and one Republican opposed. Six Democrats voted present. The nine Democrats voting against the resolution were members of the radical extreme socialist wing of the party:

Jamaal Bowman (D-NY)
Cori Bush (D-MO)
Al Green (D-TX)
Summer Lee (D-PA)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)
Ilhan Omar (D-MN)
Ayanna Pressley (D-MA)
Delia Ramirez (D-IL)
Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)

Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY16), representing one of the most Jewish districts in the country, has a running tab of antisemitic and anti-Zionist actions:

Would not sign letter to Department of Education to fight antisemitism at colleges (February 4, 2022)
Original sponsor of resolution calling the founding of Israel a “catastrophe” (May 17, 2022)
Does not recognize discrimination against Jews (March 9, 2023)
Authored letter to President Biden to condition aid to Israel (April 23, 2023)
Voted against the Abraham Accords (April 25, 2023)
Voted against condemning antisemitism, and that Israel isn’t a racist state (July 18, 2023)
Boycotted speech by the Israeli president to a joint session of Congress (July 19, 2023)
Office called Republicans “Nazis” to distract from Bowman pulling fire alarm (October 2, 2023)
Called for a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza without any mention of, or attempt at freeing hostages and bringing Hamas terrorists to justice, nor that Israel has a right to defend itself (October 16, 2023)
Voted against resolution condemning Hamas and supporting Israel (October 25, 2023)

Car in White Plains (NY congressional district 16) on October 25 as vigil for Israeli hostages held a block away

“Present” voters included Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), another member of the far left-wing of the party. Other left-wing extremists who have been critical of Israel like Betty McCollum (D-IL) did vote in favor of the resolution. One Republican, Thomas Massie (R-KY), also voted against the bill, who was not coincidentally the only Republican to not support funding the defensive Iron Dome system for Israel.

The votes of the socialists is not surprising. It is a movement that is trying to dismantle the west and its approach of capitalism, “imperialism” and “colonialism”, wanting to bring back the good old days of the Russian revolution.

In the immediate aftermath of the gruesome Hamas butchery, The World Wide Socialist Website, posted a quote by Leon Trotsky from 1938 on the eve of the Holocaust, “A slave-owner who through cunning and violence shackles a slave in chains, and a slave who through cunning or violence breaks the chains–let not the contemptible eunuchs tell us that they are equals before a court of morality!“

That is the view of socialists. Barbarism is a rightful act by the Palestinians because they fought a war to destroy Jewish “invaders” in 1948 and lost. They support Palestinians taking over Israel, and if it be by blood, rape, fire, beheadings, or other acts of evil, so be it.

The socialist site discussed its disgust at the United States supporting Israel, stating “The World Socialist Web Site condemns the vicious and obscenely hypocritical statements of President Joe Biden and leaders of the European Union denouncing the Palestinian resistance as “terrorism”…. As always, the sympathies of the imperialist powers are with the oppressors. Any manifestation of resistance by the oppressed is greeted with frenzied denunciations. The media ignores the fact that the Israeli government is led by a criminal, whose coalition is dominated by fascistic racists and is engaged in efforts to suppress the constitution.”

It would go on to compare Gazans to Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto, and Israelis to Nazis. Blatant antisemitism.

A toxic mix of rabid antisemitism and socialism have penetrated American universities and congress. It is coming for the Jewish State and soon diaspora Jewry. In the end, it will come for the West.