“Antisemitism exists on the left and the right,” New York columnist Jonathan Chait informs his readers in a piece headlined “Republicans Have an Antisemitism Problem. The Democratic Party Doesn’t.” But, he goes on, “There is one American party that is currently healthy enough to call out and exclude antisemitism within its ranks.”
Sure, you might see leftists participating in the most virulent antisemitic protests in American history. You might read elected Democrats spreading blood libels and accusing Jews of dual loyalty. You might watch the leading liberal cable news network repeating Hamas propaganda, but all of that merely proves that Republicans have a serious problem on their hands.
Now, it should be noted that Chait doesn’t “call out and exclude” antisemitism within his ranks. He’s been whitewashing it for years.
When in 2021, I pointed out that Tlaib was peddling antisemitic tropes about people “behind the curtain” undermining a “free Palestine” being the “same people” who exploit “regular Americans” for “their profit,” Chait called it a “classic example of right-wingers using the ultra-sensitive standards, with the least generous interpretation.” Right? Who doesn’t talk about wealthy puppeteers hypnotizing American patriots for profit?
Chait believes criticizing George Soros, the most generous funder of leftist causes in the world, sounds like something out of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. At the same time, he believes criticizing a woman who pushes ancient tropes about Jewish power is a “classic overreaction.” Actually, now he contends that Tlaib — whose tweet falsely accusing Israel
