The war proceeds apace, “The US and Israeli combined force has advanced to the next phase of their campaign….” According to a Senator on the show yesterday, we are not going to run out of weapons any time soon. Apparently that is just more wishful thinking by Dems who cannot honestly oppose this war, but hate Donald Trump so desperately they want any opportunity to rebuke him and an appropriations fight would give them that chance. But speaking of wishful thinking, let’s talk antisemitism.
We have chronicled the rise of antisemitism on the left often in this space. It became very vocal and very ugly as Israel began its campaign against the Iranian proxies that surrounded it after October 7. No one with any moral sense whatsoever should have opposed Israel’s actions. But because Trump supported Israel’s efforts and the left-leaning universities (he said using an unnecessary adjective) of this country are deeply penetrated by Islamic students and staff, opposition to those actions quickly arose. That opposition quickly turned antisemitic. That antisemitism has taken root in the Democratic Party and now grows like kudzu. But then what do you expect when a party has very prominent members that are of the militant Islamic variety? (Think Tlaib and Omar.)
Earlier this week I ran across an AP article trying to paint conservative Christians with an antisemitic brush through the phrase “Christ is King.” This phrase has been part of church liturgy since liturgy was formalized. Jesus crucifixion was ostensibly justified by His claims to be King of the Jews, thereby “defying” Roman rule. The politicians of Christ’s day confused His religious claims with political ones and thus prophecy was fulfilled. Of course, Christians of all stripes and varieties acknowledge “Christ is King.” So what is going on here?
I would be lying if I said there were no antisemitic Christians. They have been around for centuries. But in modern times they are few and far between – a marginalized fringe minority largely ignored by the mainstream of Christianity. But the Left has always attempted to hang its foibles on the right, and this is just another one of those instances.
Democrats have a huge antisemitism problem. One of their leading presidential candidates proudly took an antisemitic stand the other day:
Gavin Newsom likened Israel on Tuesday to an “apartheid state” and said its leadership has left the United States no choice but to reconsider military support for its ally in the Middle East.
That’s not a tiny minority movement on the fringes of the party – that’s one of its leaders.
I have an old Jewish business acquaintance that when she found out I was supporting Mitt Romney for president back-in-the-day once said to me, “Don’t tell me that; I like you and I don’t want to have to start hating you.” Her social media proudly supported Gavin Newsom for California governor. Yesterday that same social media declared Newsom persona non grata, saying he was running for president without her support. Of course, she and her husband and child also lost their home in the Palisades fire, so I imagine the pump was primed on this.
Democrats have a massive antisemitism problem and are shedding supporters in large numbers over it. So, of course they are trying to paint the Right with the same brush. It’s an old story.
But this effort is more than just political. Coming as it does during Lent, as the church builds towards its holiest season, this is an effort to delegitimize the church. This is an effort to attack one of Christianity’s fundamental core beliefs. This is an effort to render a key part of the church’s liturgical traditions as somehow unspeakable. Such is despicable.
Christ is King.
