King: 'I don't understand how Jews in America can be Democrats first and Jewish second'

[applegrove]

King: 'I don't understand how Jews in America can be Democrats first and Jewish second'

By Jeremy Diamond, CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/20/politics/steve-king-jews-demcorats-first-jewish-second/index.html

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(CNN)—Republican Rep. Steve King suggested Friday that some American Jews feel like "Democrats first and Jewish second."

"Here is what I don't understand, I don't understand how Jews in America can be Democrats first and Jewish second and support Israel along the line of just following their President," King, a hardline conservative from Iowa, said Friday on Boston Herald Radio,

"It says this, they're knee-jerk supporters of the President's policy," King said.

As a Republican from Iowa, King has met with virtually every Republican considering a 2016 presidential run, hosting the first cattle call of 2016 Republican hopefuls in Iowa in January.



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[earthside]

1. And King is a Repuglican first ...

... a Tea Party fanatic, second; a Christo-fascist, third; maybe being an American comes in fourth?

What the Tea Party-Repuglicans cannot grasp is that about 96 percent of Jews in the U.S. put the fate of Isreal way, way down on the list of their top issues.

Why?

Because they are Americans first and foremost.

[kydo]

2. thats ok Mr King I don't see how the right wing can be republican first and American 5th

or 6th. You know after, racist, white, Christian, gun loving, bigot. It just makes no sense to me. Oh well ...

[JaneyVee]

3. From the party that is 100% Christian, 0% Jewish.

Jesus-splainin'

[Warpy]

4. That's because you're an idiot with no insight, Steve,

otherwise you'd realize you're a Republican first and an American last.

[sadoldgirl]

5. To be honest I don't know how

to respond to this. If 47 Senators, supposedly representing
their constituents, can sign a letter to undermine their
own president's policies without their state's outcry, he may
have put his finger on the right spot.

No question, AIPAC helps all those Senators, who go along
with Bibi's outrageous policies, but I did not hear a huge
outcry from the American Jewish population about this.

So, perhaps he has a weird kind of point.

[Behind the Aegis]

14. What "weird kind of point" does he have?

You do realize that NONE of the 47 senators were Jews, right?

[freshwest]

18. You did see the thread about how the Christian right uses Israelis as a mascot, didn't you?

[Behind the Aegis]

25. No, I missed that one.

Did you see the thread about Israeli citizenship and how many other countries are allowed this?

[freshwest]

30. I went to the source of it, but forgot who posted it. Last paragraph says it all, IMO:

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I Don't Think It Gets Any Better Than This

By Josh Marshall - March 20, 2015

Rep. Steve King (R-IA) denounces "Jews in America" who are "Democrats first and Jewish second" when it comes to supporting Benjamin Netanyahu.

It really is true that for conservatives of a certain stripe, like King, Huckabee and others, Jews are little more than a kind of yahwistic lawnjockeys, mascots for a certain type of militant defense policy and museum pieces in the historical imagination of right-wing Christianity.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/i-dont-think-it-get-any-better-than-this

I'd give credit to the DUer for bringing it here and refer to the thread as usual, but jumped to the original to see if there was more. But there is no more. The last paragraph was memorable.

Where's the thread on dual-citizenship?

Please give a link or title to search. I didn't see it. Many complaints come from what I see as an unconscious anti-semiticism. Those who make the complaint are unlikely to admit it, no matter how many facts are presented. Purely because it is unconscious or in the subconscious from years of meme, so they are NOT conscious of it, to their credit.

Being able to migrate to Israel is a mixed bag. Some I know say they will if they are persecuted, but most can't move. They shouldn't have to deal with it in America.

[still_one]

6. What in the fuck is a Catholic Congressmen telling Jews how they should behave. What a jerk

[Behind the Aegis]

11. Happens all the time.

It also isn't limited to the right. We get a healthy dose from the left too. Take a peek at the comment above yours. When the situation between Netanyahu and Boehner erupted, lots of people called into question the loyalty of Jews in Congress (and here). A few posters even posted anti-Semitic sites "proving" all Jewish Congresspeople were "dual citizens" of Israel. We have assholes like King crowing about Jews shouldn't be democrats (passive-aggressively), the flip side whining about the "power" of the Jewish votes (usually in Florida, but this last election it was all about Ohio).

[still_one]

24. That is inappropriate. It is similar to what happened at UCLA where Jewish applicant was grilled

on whether she could be ‘unbiased’ member of board of the student council.

[smirkymonkey]

28. Yeah, don't get that either.

[Rozlee]

7. Maybe cause they live around Christian fundies who look forward to when Jews will be

destroyed at the End of Days? Hard to like a party whose main constituency are a bunch of evangelical crazies who think Israel belongs to them and that Jews living in it are only doing so on borrowed time. Republicans love Israel, it's Jews they can't stand.

[freshwest]

19. Got it in one.

[Tom Ripley]

8. He is breathtakingly stupid

[ND-Dem]

9. I don't even understand wtf he's talking about; but i can tell he's an ass in spite of that.

[UTUSN]

10. Uh, could it be because they are Americans first?!1 n/t

[Behind the Aegis]

12. Shhhh....

Don't let him or others like him in on the secret.

[JustAnotherGen]

21. It's a back handed statement

This kind of thinking is at the base of anti semitism. Here we go again . . . - All Jews. there is no "all Jews all the word over" in politics and policy. *sigh*

[JustAnotherGen]

20. +100

[Major Hogwash]

13. King didn't graduate from college . . . and it shows!

"How can American Jews be Democrats first and Jewish second?" (paraphrasing for clarity)

Really?

By that pretzel logic, I can state:

Steve King is a mortal.
All pig fuckers are mortal.
Steve King is a pig fucker.

Be careful, Steve.
Senator Ernst likes to cut the nuts off of pigs.
Don't get caught for being too close for too long next to your pig, Steve!!!

[Half-Century Man]

15. Your lack of understanding is easy to explain Mr. King.

You're kind of stupid.
Not in a can't live on your own way, more like a "needs careful consideration to get some of the jokes on Gilligan's"s Island" sort of thing.


Overall the majority of Jewish traditions around the our communal life are far more socialist than not. Perhaps when you speak to Jewish persons you should listen without the Jesus filter.

[Douglas Carpenter]

16. to the credit of Jewish culture they have a wonderful tradition of iconoclasms . No doubt most

American Jews to varying degrees identify with the State of Israel. But fortunately, "Israel right or wrong" is not the driving theme in their cultural thinking and identity. Most American Jews are liberals and critical thinkers.

[alphafemale]

17. From someone that only wants Israel to exist so it can be destroyed?

So your skyboy can make them bow at his feet and become Christians?

Fuck the hell off you deluded religious raving maniac.

[Kber]

22. Hard to join a club that doesn't want you

[Unvanguard]

23. Looks like that rotten racist homophobe doesn't like American Jews either

Good. Being disliked by him is a compliment.

[beachbum bob]

26. king can't understand how the sun rises in the east

american jews are american first, democrats second and jewish last and Israel has clearly gave up the facade of wishing for any peace and time american taxpyers monies GTF out of Israel...enough said

[Politicalboi]

27. Jews can only be true Repukes

If they become christians.

[Comrade Grumpy]

29. The Shame of Sioux City opens his yap again, and more garbage comes out.

What is wrong with you, voters of Northwest Iowa?