I agree with the title “Reaffirming the State of Israel’s Right to Exist” and much of the language, but I’m voting No on the resolution because it equates anti-Zionism with antisemitism. Antisemitism is deplorable, but expanding it to include criticism of Israel is not helpful. pic.twitter.com/YWBDKDCGZB
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) November 29, 2023
You and I clearly disagree on the central issue. I believe antizionism does not imply antisemitism.
But there’s no need to say I’m being misleading.
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) November 29, 2023
I didn’t say it includes all criticism of Israel.
What if someone says the current boundaries of Israel are illegitimate, that the existing government is illegitimate, or that Israel as an ethno-nationalist state is illegitimate? Would existential criticism be antisemitic?
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) November 29, 2023
Thomas Massie really is the hero we need.
It’s a shame he’s such a nerd.
I wish he was super jacked and would like, punch holes through walls when he was giving speeches.
Rep. Thomas Massie stood by his decision to vote late Tuesday against a House resolution affirming Israel’s right to exist, claiming it wrongly conflated criticism of the Jewish state with antisemitism.
Massie (R-Ky.) was the sole lawmaker to vote “nay” on the resolution titled “Reaffirming the State of Israel’s Right to Exist,” which the lower chamber approved with 412 “yea” votes and another member, Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), voting “present.”
That cunt Rashida won’t even vote.
After making this huge spectacle, the bitch won’t even vote.
“I agree with the title ‘Reaffirming the State of Israel’s Right to Exist’ and much of the language, but I’m voting No on the resolution because it equates anti-Zionism with antisemitism,” Massie explained on X.
“Antisemitism is deplorable, but expanding it to include criticism of Israel is not helpful.”
Notably, the resolution did not refer to anti-Zionism by name, nor did it suggest that generic criticisms of Israeli policy are antisemitic.
The measure did take note of “persistent external threats” against Israel and declared that “denying Israel’s right to exist is a form of antisemitism.”
“[E]ven after the establishment of the State of Israel, other countries and terrorist entities continued to attack Israel, reject its right to exist, and call for its destruction,” read the resolution, introduced by Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY).
Notably, while Tlaib voted present, other members of the so-called “Squad” of far-left lawmakers — often critical of Israel and accused of antisemitism — supported the resolution, including Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) of the Bronx and Queens, Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) of the Bronx and Westchester.
Massie, who casts himself as a libertarian, has bucked his party in the past over support of Israel.
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Last year, Massie was the sole vote in the House of Representatives against a resolution imploring the government to do what it can to safeguard Jews.
We should not safeguard Jews. In fact, we should run them out of the country. The Jews are a cancer. They control everything, then claim to be victims.
We have to remove these people from the country.
See: The Antisemitism Hoax has Officially Collapsed. Jews Don’t Know It Yet, But It’s Over.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution equating anti-Zionism with antisemitism.
– 412 yes
– 1 no (R-KY Thomas Massie)
– 1 present (D-MI Rashida Tlaib)Zionist extremism is alive in both political parties. pic.twitter.com/uF9RgzJEdv
— Stop Zionist Hate (@StopZionistHate) November 29, 2023