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62. Did you read the part where I've been working on Democratic campaign since I was 13.

I also remember October 7, when people on the left celebrated the largest massacre of Jews since the holocaust. I remember Jewish students being stalked and harassed on college campuses. And I watched the mayor of the city I grew up defending the phrase "globalize the intifada" after terrorists targeted Jews in Boulder, Colorado, and Bondi Beach. A person just got elected to Congress from New York City, who attended and spoke at a pro-Hamas rally in Times Square. And Hakeem Jeffries is embracing these people.

The frontrunner for being the Democratic nominee as Senator from Michigan said: "the synagogue attack needs to be viewed in the context of Israel's actions." It is the height of antisemitism to say American Jews are responsible for the actions of the Israeli government. And it's also part of the centuries-old dual loyalty trope.

Antisemitism is one of the causes that unites the far left and the far right. The horseshoe theory of politics is real. But seeing it become acceptable in Democratic circles is worse for me because I spent my entire life working in Democratic politics, and it feels like a personal betrayal.