I was the Midwest Political Director @AIPAC when Andre Carson was elected. When Keith Ellison was elected. When Justin Amash was elected. I’ve seen the way this works. Georgia...don’t believe anything @ReverendWarnock tells you about his views on Israel. Just watch the video.
I wasn’t at AIPAC when people like Betty McCollum and Jim Traficant and a handful of other terrible Israel-haters were elected. But the point is that we rarely get to see who they are before they’re in office. These revelations about Rev Warnock are a gift. Accept them.
I understand this will be difficult for progressive friends of mine in the Jewish community in Georgia (yes, I have progressive friends in Georgia). But this is who he is. And this is who he’ll be if you put him in the Senate.
Justin Amash told me to my face that he would support new sanctions on Iran. He voted against them every time. I didn’t believe him, but I didn’t have anything to base that on but my gut.
Georgia, you have video evidence. You don’t need your gut. That video is who he is.
Multiple members of the Jewish community in Indy - clergy included! - told me we had nothing to worry about from Andre Carson.
He’s become one of the most reliable anti-Israel votes in Congress.
Don’t listen to people who claim to know him. They don’t. Believe your eyes.
I should add: most people who will tell you Rev Warnock is a good guy, loves the Jewish community etc - they aren’t lying. They believe it. Some are rank partisans, but most believe it. They’re just wrong. Again, just believe your eyes. Watch the video.
“I wanted to share that for RH morning at my synagogue, we read Greta Thunberg's recent UN speech as a modern prophet in place of the Haftarah reading. We still did the traditional blessings before and after. It was SO POWERFUL.”
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“People have not stopped talking about how powerful and emotional it was, and how they finally understand what a prophetic reading is. If anyone is interested I can share more about it, or if you want encouragement for doing this on YK as an additional/alternate haftarah!”
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“The teens had left after the 1st aliyah for the Teen Discussion, and it was incredibly powerful read by an adult voice (happened to be the mother of a college student) and having adults confront and hear in this way.”
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A thread on how AIPAC functions at the Congressional District level. I served as AIPAC’s Midwest Poltical Director from Feb of ‘08 to Sept of ‘11. I handled 95 CDs in 9 states (98 in 10 states during the ‘08 cycle bc I had three Pittsburgh-area CDs). 1/
Important points to start with:
- I haven’t worked at AIPAC in over 7 yrs. This is just reflective of my time there, tho I think most of it is still relevant.
- AIPAC doesn’t rate, endorse, or give money. No joke. No wink/nudge.
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Every mtg, my goal was to get the candidate to issue a position paper, discuss issues and policy, and (if appropriate) make a connection to local leadership (if one didn’t already exist).
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