Just to be clear: this is a US senator doubling down on the claim that criticizing aid to Israel - and daring to suggest the funds could be better spent elsewhere on US domestic needs - is ipso facto antisemitic.
https://twitter.com/SenRickScott/status/1423035765437698050
Great example of key rule for weaponizing antisemitism against critics of Israel:
—> It’s antisemitism when critics of Israel conflate Israel & Jews;
&
—> It’s antisemitism when critics of Israel don’t conflate Israel & Jews, cuz criticizing Israel=criticizing Jews,
Get it?
—> It’s antisemitism when critics of Israel conflate Israel & Jews;
&
—> It’s antisemitism when critics of Israel don’t conflate Israel & Jews, cuz criticizing Israel=criticizing Jews,
Get it?
And that context - from May 2021 - was the recent horrific violence on the ground in Israel & Palestine...
And it was an organized set of Special Order speeches, including speeches by Pocan (D-WI), Tlaib (D-MI), Omar (D-MN), McCollum (D-MN), Pressley (D-MA), Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Schakowsky (D-IL), Gracia (D-IL), Carson (D-IN), and Castro (D-TX)
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