Traditionally most Jewish voters have identified as Democrats—something that shows no signs of changing. More, via FiveThirtyEight:
have been more willing to criticize Israel than more centrist figures have been. And thatexplains what is going on now on Capitol Hill. I should emphasize that much of this controversy is simply about Omar’s statements, which if not outright anti-Semitic are at least controversial.
In particular,, “It’s all about the Benjamins baby,” in reference to the political influence of the pro-Israel lobbying group American Israel Public Affairs Committee, was unsurprisingly viewed as invoking the anti-Semitic smear that Jewish people use money to control policy and politics. But Democrats’ reaction to Omar’s comments has broken along similar lines to reactions to the
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