This is a great article and definitely read the whole thing. There are a lot of interesting things in this article. Short sum up: Jared Kushner (with input from his father in law) put the campaign system together that won Donald Trump this election.
Kushner insists today that there will be no hate element in the Trump Administration, starting at the top. “You can’t not be a racist for 69 years, then all of a sudden become a racist, right?” he says. “You can’t not be an anti-Semite for 69 years and all of a sudden become an anti-Semite because you’re running.”
His reaction to fringe elements, like the KKK and the white nationalist alt-right, who have embraced Trump? “Trump has disavowed their support 25 times. He’s renounced hatred, he’s renounced bigotry, and he’s renounced racism. I don’t know if he could ever denounce them enough for some people.” He then paraphrases a quote he attributes to Ronald Reagan: “Just because they support me doesn’t mean that I support them.”
Kushner’s support extends to Steve Bannon, Trump’s strategic advisor, who had been accused by his ex-wife of making anti-Semitic comments (he denies it) and whose website, Breitbart, has often published articles that dog-whistle racist, anti-Semitic sentiments. “Do you hold me accountable for every single thing that the Observer’ s ever written, like they came from me?” Kushner says. “All I know about Steve is my experience working with him. He’s an incredible Zionist and loves Israel. He was one of the leaders in the anti-divestiture campaign. And what I’ve seen from working together with him was somebody who did not fit the description that people are pushing on him. I choose to judge him based on my experience and seeing the job he’s done, as opposed to what other people are saying about him.”EBL: The Borking of Steve Bannon
Town and County: Jared Kushner
Hot Air/Jazz Shaw: Media heading to the fainting couch again! and Hamas is now saying Trump "possibly" a Jew (YouTube took down the video for "copywrite" claims)
Instapundit: Wall Street Journal: Steve Bannon on Politics as War
Rule 5 and FMJRA
Wombat: Powerline: The Trouble with Keith Ellison and Don Surber: How to talk at Thanksgiving this year
So what's the consensus? Anti-Semite or Incredible Zionist? Not sure I want either of them. Ye Gawds, ya can't find stable help anywhere! Dammit!
ReplyDeleteI am proudly pro Israel. I despise hand wringing Anti Zionist (and really anti Jewish) leftists talking about what a "hero" Rachel "St. Pancake" Corrie was. I support Israel just like Frank Sinatra and Ayn Rand. While not exactly the same, for the most part Israel and United States interests are on the same page.
DeleteThe extreme of both are disturbing. Ever been to Israel? Cool, calm, collected, very practical, not loons like the unmanly and prissy Democrat liberal Jewish community here in the States, MOST of whom, incidentally, are NOT Pro-Israel.
ReplyDeleteYes I have been to Israel and yes I'm impressed by Sabras.
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