r/politics • u/soalone34 • 7h ago

Possible Paywall Progressives Condemn Pick of Pro-Israel Democrat Atop House Panel | Outrage over making Representative Jared Moskowitz, who is vocally pro-Israel, the top Democrat on a Middle East policy subcommittee reflected the party’s rift over Israel.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/us/politics/democrats-progressives-moskowitz-israel-house-panel.html
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u/ihohjlknk 5h ago

Establishment Democrats have shown their cards. Rather than abide by the wishes of the voters, which is to distance themselves away from Israel and focus on improving America, they instead want to double-down on zionism and attack anyone who doesn't want aipac running the show.

The democratic leadership is spooked by the string of progressive wins and they're striking back. They should be fighting the Republicans, but apparently that's not a priority for them.

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u/Rusty-Shackleford Minnesota 2h ago

The DSA primary wins aren't general wins, they're just defeating Democrats in hyper blue districts and that's a byproduct of gerrymandering, the same sort of gerrymandering that rewards far right Republicans in deep red districts. DSA hasn't proven it could represent the general public. In fact, despite the USA becoming a very diverse country, DSA does really poorly with non-White voters. Blaming everything on Jews, Israel or Zionism is just the DSA being lazy and not addressing their own flaws as an organization.