Friday, May 03, 2024

Mike Lawler And Majorie Taylor Greene Battle For The Most Insufferable Lawmaker This Month!

Even Greene thinks Congress goes too far when it comes to backing Israel.

For once I actually agree with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), the most insufferable House member of the laziest 118th Congress. She with 20 Republicans and 70 Democrats voted against the Antisemitism Awareness Act.

It is a controversial bill because it advocates the notion that criticism of the state of Israel amounts to antisemitism. The bill wants to outlaw any form of antisemitism including the claims of Jews controlling the media, AIPAC is all about the Benjamins, or Israel is no better than Nazi Germany. The "thought police" are trying to punish free speech and criticism of a foreign government. This was brought courtesy of the Anti-Defamation League and International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, two foreign operatives working on behalf of Israel.

When antisemitism accusations are exploited for political purposes, especially to counter criticism of Israel, it may be described variously as a weaponization of antisemitism, instrumentalization of antisemitism, or playing the antisemitism card. Such accusations have been criticized as a form of smear tactics and an "appeal to motive". Some writers have compared this to playing the race card. When used against Jews, it may take the form of the pejorative claim of "self-hating Jew".

The Republicans and Democrats who voted against HB 6090 are standing on the right of this latest culture war.

The bill is headed to the Senate, where it is expected to pass, and then to Biden’s desk, where he is expected to sign it into law.

Pro-Palestine Jewish organizations have denounced the bill, such as the Boston chapter of If Not Now, who labeled it “a bill that criminalizes criticism of Israel for a false promise of Jewish safety.” Jewish Voice for Peace Action, the political advocacy arm of Jewish Voice for Peace, said the bill “would do nothing to fight antisemitism. Instead, it would enable repression of students and faculty advocating for Palestinian rights.”

The Act adopts the definition of antisemitism put forward by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, an organization which states, “Manifestations [of antisemitism] might include the targeting of the state of Israel, conceived as a Jewish collectivity.” 

The organization also states that anti-semitism includes “denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor,” “applying double standards by requiring of it a behavior not expected or demanded of any other democratic nation,” “using the symbols and images associated with classic antisemitism (e.g., claims of Jews killing Jesus or blood libel) to characterize Israel or Israelis,” “drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis,” and “holding Jews collectively responsible for actions of the state of Israel.”

Republicans and Democrats denounced college protests against Israel. The police have gotten violent towards protesters. Pro Israel supporters have instigated confrontations.

Then when they are catching a fade, they cry to the junk food media about not being safe.

Since the Columbia University protests launched, other colleges and universities joined in solidarity. President Joe Biden continues to support Israel despite the Democratic base warning him that he may not win full support come election time.

Greene who is known for peddling bullshit got into a feud with Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) and Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL). The two who are endorsed by AIPAC and very much supportive of the evil Israeli regime have reacted to Greene calling them out for doing what "the left" does when they try to silence conservatives.

Greene wrote on X, “Since George Soros is Jewish and funds the radical left including the Pro-Hamas Protests breaking out on college campuses, thanks to Mike Lawler’s new Antisemitism bill, college kids who speak out against Soros could be convicted of being Antisemitic.”

“Talk about opening Pandora’s box,” she added.

Republicans and Fox can't keep that man's name out their mouths. If Soros wanted to sue for defamation, I can only imagine Fox claiming that he is a public figure and the far right network has a right to express their opinions.

Mediaite wrote that Soros, a Jewish billionaire who funds left-wing causes, has long been a kind of boogeyman on the American right with wild conspiracy theories floated regarding him and the policies he advocates for. PolitiFact fact-checked claims that Soros has funded the protest, writing, “Soros’ grant-making organization, Open Society Foundations, has awarded grants to two groups that the New York Post article linked to the demonstrations, but the connections between Soros’ money and specific campus protesters had several degrees of separation.”

Thought Police Officer Mike Lawler reporting for duty. New York Republican lawmaker sponsored controversial bill.

Lawler replied to Greene, writing, “And yet in both instances, more than two thirds of Congress voted with me.”

“The bill simply codifies President Trump’s executive order into law — it does not ban the Bible or limit free speech. #MoscowMarjorie has gone off the deep end — may be the result of a space laser,” he added, referring to Greene’s wild 2018 claim that Jewish-controlled space lasers caused deadly California wildfires.

Lawler replied to a user on X who said he sounded like a leftist in his criticism of Greene, saying, “When you offer ridiculous takes and conspiracy theories, you deserve ridiculous nicknames.” 

Gimenez also blasted Greene for her criticism of Lawler.

Greene, in the past, has spun many baseless conspiracy theories based on tragic events including questioning if a plane really hit the Pentagon on 9/11 and suggesting that mass shootings are false flag operations.

“I’ve got a question for you. How do you get avid gun owners, and people who support the Second Amendment, to give up their guns and go along with anti-gun legislation? How do you do that?” Greene said in a video she released on social media before becoming a member of Congress in the wake of the mass shooting in Las Vegas in 2017 that killed 60 people.

“Maybe you accomplish that by performing a mass shooting into a crowd that is very likely to be conservative, very likely to vote Republican, very likely to be Trump supporters, very likely to be pro-Second Amendment, and very likely to own guns,” she said of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.

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