• phdepressed@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Israel lobbies both sides and owns more of the GOP than they do Dems. Look at the votes, look at what they say, look at their funding. The GOP uses support for Israel to antisemitism the same way as saying " I have a black friend" is to racism. Most Dem voters no longer support what Israel is doing, as originally retaliation against Hamas made sense. As that turned from anti-hamas with some collateral damage into a genocide support by Dems has continued to reduce. Most GOP voters still support Israel (according to various polls). Pro-Israel dems have also been primaried in a number of races (e.g. against members of “the squad” who are against the genocide). The GOP continues to support Israel “getting on with it” and the “settlers”. If it was just for show by the GOP it wouldn’t have needed to be added to the final aid bill that passed. The GOP and conservative/bought Dems did similar things back when Obama was president to prevent support for Palestinians.

    Republican House Speaker https://theintercept.com/2024/01/20/israel-aipac-house-mike-johnson/

    Trump https://time.com/4267058/donald-trump-aipac-speech-transcript/

    And since the GOP doesn’t care about brown people there will be worse if Trump wins.

    And then you’ll also have a Ukrainian genocide at the same time as Trump withdraws and vetos any support going there. So double less murder better than more murder.