The two resolutions, passed back to back, offer an interesting contrast.
The first resolution, 189, sponsored by Ted Cruz is a brief summary and condemnation of anti-Semitism. The submitters lean Republican, but not that much so, they also include Senator Coons, Cortez Mateo and a few others.
Aside from a general summary, Resolution 189 zooms in on a number of areas. One of them obviously involves a reference to Rep. Omar.
Whereas, in the United States, Jews have faced, and continue to face, false accusations of divided loyalty between the United States and Israel, false claims that they purchase political power with money, and false accusations about control of the financial system, along with other negative stereotypes; and
Resolution 189 then concludes…
Whereas Jews are the targets of the majority of hate crimes committed in the United States against any religious group, including attacks on houses of worship and Jewish community centers: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the United States Senate condemns and commits to combatting all forms of antisemitism.
Resolution 189 was then followed by Senator Kamala Harris’ intersectional Resolution 231 on the attack on Chabad of Poway.
Unlike, Cruz’s mainstream resolution, the only names on this one are that of Harris and her fellow Californian, Senator Dianne Feinstein.
Resolution 231 is good when it’s specifically dealing with the attack, and does mention, “Oscar Stewart, a veteran of the Army, and Jonathan Morales, a border patrol agent, bravely fought back, running toward the perpetrator of the attack.”
But its real agenda becomes a rant about white supremacism.
Nazis are obviously bad. And they’ve been responsible for a number of the violent attacks against Jews in recent years. But they’re not the only form of anti-Semitism around.
Whereas Cruz’s resolution condemned a spectrum of anti-Semitism, across political lines, and condemned principles of anti-Semitism, Harris’ resolution follows the lefty party line of reducing anti-Semitism to an issue of white supremacism.
Resolution 231 quickly switches over from a condemnation of anti-Semitism to emphasizing white supremacism while ignoring other forms of anti-Semitism, and then sidelining Jews in the intersectional rainbow, claiming.
“Whereas growing White supremacy and White nationalism is—
(1) a threat to the security of the United States; and
(2) antithetical to the American values of dignity and respect of all people, including Jewish, Muslim, Black, Latino, Asian American, immigrant, and LGBTQ peoples; and…”
White supremacy, like Black supremacy, is obviously bad.) Or less obviously bad to lefties who celebrate hate groups like Black Lives Matter), but unlike Islamic Supremacism, I wouldn’t describe it as a threat to the security of the United States.
Not at this stage.
The pairing of Muslims and Jews isn’t coincidental. This becomes the agenda in the Harris resolution.
The Harris resolution then… “reaffirms the commitment of the United States to condemn—
(A) anti-Semitism;
(B) White supremacy;
(C) White nationalism; and
(D) all forms of hatred.”
Why not mention the Islamic plots against synagogues, including some recent ones? The answer is all too obvious.
Neither resolution actually mentions this major problem.
But where the Cruz resolution at least defined the motives behind anti-Semitism, Harris attempts to erase any acknowledgement of anti-Semitism that doesn’t proceed from white supremacism.
And that implictly gives Rep. Omar and her own leftist allies a pass.
Angemon says
Kamala “9/11 was the day that some people did something” Harris.
gravenimage says
Grimly true.
Walter Sieruk says
About the Muslim politician ,Ilhan Omar , after her election to Congress she was thus was given a seat on the House of Foreign Affairs Committee where she has much influence to promote her Un-American Islamic ideas ,politics and polices upon America .
Omar with her foreign Islamic agenda she desire to impose on America which are in strong contrast to American ideas , values , politic and polices are a matter of concern .
With this type of insidious Islamic infiltration in the US government the wisdom of the former US President, Theodore Roosevelt ,very much applies to this serious situation .
For in a speech President Roosevelt, rightly , declared “There can be no fifty-fifty Americanism in this country. There is room here for only one hundred percent Americanism, only for those who are Americans and nothing else.”
gravenimage says
Good post.
Walter Sieruk says
That Muslim politician, Ilan Omar with her callous the Jewish people and likewise her extremely negative statements about the State of Israel.
This is very revealing that she is, in essence, strongly un-American.
As the former US President, William Howard Taft, had in a speech declared “Antisemitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out. It has no place in America”
CRUSADER says
Muslimas are getting on stage to promote Islamic agendae
more and more — from representatives of Hamas, Qatar, to
Tlaib and Omar in the USA… All quite orchestrated !
unbeliever1 says
Speaking of Omar. I just discovered this YouTube video of a black guy taking her (Omar) to task on her abortion stance and question her qualifications as a Rep.Be sure to check it out. It has 2.7k likes and just 14 dislikes.
https://youtu.be/o-4Jpgl59l8
Ilhan Omar addressed Congress about abortion
Steve says
Gee wiz from two members of the Democrat Party. The ONLY party with caucuses based on color (Black Caucus, Hispanic Caucus). So who are the real supremacists here?
somehistory says
As per harris and her ilk….including creepy omar…hatred of “Whites” is okay. White is the only group not specified…except in the denouncing of those who feel like a supreme White. This resolution actually makes it okay…even necessary…to hate “Whites.” Because Whites are not mentioned as deserving of respect, no one has to respect White people and it’s okay to hate all Whites because some Whites feel supreme.
Even though Whites who feel supreme are not the main, not the major, group causing death and destruction, this is the group upon which harris focuses as it is the popular thing to do…and none of these haters of Whites are actually afraid of White people doing harm to them or their property.
somehistory says
Personally, I reserve the right to respect those people who **earn** my respect. If a person or even a “group” of persons doesn’t earn it, they don’t get it…whatever their color, religion or **lifestyle** or pretended **gender.**
A person doesn’t need to **respect** all people in order not to carry out violence or acts of **hatred.**
I rely on my love of good and the Golden Rule…the Command from Jesus in the treatment of others…as a basis for my behavior toward others.
ooicu812 says
Kamala Harris: an anchor baby, raised in Canada and sits on the US senate. Does no one vet these people?
gravenimage says
Dueling Senate Resolutions on Anti-Semitism Condemn Omar, Promote Islam
…………….
Thanks, Daniel Greenfield.
OLD GUY says
If Muslims can hate Jews and Christians it is only fair that both Jews and Christians can choose if they like to hate Muslims. I continue to see and read hate speech from islamic leaders without any outrage from the media or our government. Not only do they but forth hate speech they down right promise death to America, and vet they are considered the victim. Just what are they the victim of?
somehistory says
OLD GUY
Hate comes from thought…what we think of something or someone causes emotional reactions. harris and the others are attempting to be “thought police.”
The government is supposed to be in the business of making laws that serve and protect citizens from each other and from the government where and when necessary. But, this “resolution” regarding whom we are allowed to “hate” and whom we must “respect” is an outright attempt at controlling our thoughts, and not just unlawful actions.
What about those you reference who state that they hate us and certainly have shown they follow through on their thoughts with unlawful actions? Where is the condemnation of their “hatred”? Nowhere in the listing of those “including” in the resolution is anything referencing Christians. They have all decided that Christians are not allowed to hate anything or anyone and must “respect” everyone else, no matter the actions of any of those included in the resolution.
Clearly this is, as Mr. Greenfield says, a resolution for the protection and in favor of islam.
J D S says
There should never be a reason for one to hate another!
.in the perfect world.
OLD GUY says
We do not live anywhere near a perfect world and there is plenty of hate to go around. Sadly you don’t have to look far to find it. I pray everyday for just one day of peace for the children of the world, they are the victims of a lot of the hate and evil.