Bernie Sanders
U.S. Rep. Elaine Luria (D-Va.), vice chair of the House Armed Services Committee said putting conditions on aid to Israel would threaten security and U.S. interests in the region, “Israel is America’s most vital ally in the Middle East.”
He allegedly was part of an incident in 2012 where several staffers at the center’s ThinkProgress website were condemned for using anti-Semitic tropes of Jews dominating politics and money.
Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib is running for re-election in Michigan’s 13th Congressional District on Aug. 4 • Rep. Ilhan Omar is running for re-election in Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District on Aug. 11.
The move comes just one day after the congresswoman picked up an endorsement from U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
Former Vice President Joe Biden’s embrace of J Street’s endorsement comes at a time when many are concerned about the erosion of support for Israel within the Democratic Party, especially with far-left Democrats like Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) openly endorsing the BDS movement.
“We need you in the White House,” the Vermont senator said to the former vice president via live stream, where the two appeared on split screens. “And I will do all that I can to make that happen.”
The move came in the aftermath of losing most primaries following South Carolina on Feb. 29, when former Vice President Joe Biden won over the Vermont senator by more than 28 percentage points.
The “Florida for Bernie” Twitter account tweeted, “Sheriff sent a team to clean it up.”
An estimated 40,000 Americans in 180 countries outside the United States cast their ballot in person or through fax, email and regular mail.
“Like us, Bernie rejects the false choice between being a proud Jew and supporting Palestinian freedom,” said IfNotNow co-founder and campaign director Dani Moscovitch.
“These statements are dangerous, hateful and violate the principles of our movement, which is based on values of equality and dignity for all people,” said Sanders’s campaign manager Faiz Shakir.
Imam Sayed Hassan Qazwini, head of the Islamic Institute of America in Dearborn Heights, Mich., spoke at the TCF Center in downtown Detroit before the state primaries.
