Schumer Takes On Leftists In Powerful Speech On Antisemitism
I never expected to be writing a single sentence - let alone an entire post - praising Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
But when the man is right, he’s right. Even though he’s far, far left.
In fact, I risked being late for an appointment to sit in my car and listen to it. Like many of you, I’m not a Schumer fan. I agree with the senator from New York on almost nothing. Never thought of him as a great orator, either.
But on Wednesday, Schumer was at his best. He spoke from his heart and mainly to the misguided Jew-hating morons in his own party.
Schumer’s ability to weave the history of the Jewish people and their indomitable spirit through centuries of persecution with the story of his own family of Jewish immigrants, was both elegant and touching.
Schumer began by pointing out the differences in the way Jews and non-Jews see the current situation. He said to those who aren’t Jewish the rise of antisemitism is a cause for concern, but for Jews “This is a five-alarm fire that must be extinguished.”
This non-Jew agrees, Senator. So do many others, I hope.
Jewish friends of mine have told me many times over the years about how they worried about antisemitism. Until October 7th and its venom-filled aftermath I thought their fears were exaggerated.
Turns out, if anything, even they were unaware of just how deep and virulent the nasty undercurrent of antisemitism is in America.
Schumer talked about how quickly antisemitism can turn into genocide, claiming that Jews thrived in Germany in the beginning of the last century but that all changed in the course of about a decade. That’s why the malignant reaction by some Americans to the October 7th attacks in the U.S. is a terrible sign.
“Can anybody imagine a horrific terrorist attack in another country receiving such a reception?” the senator asked mournfully, “Ultimately, we are alone.”
Schumer told the story of his grandfather who emigrated to the U. S. from what is now Ukraine and of his father, a Brooklyn exterminator. Only in America could the son of a man who exterminated insects become the highest Jewish elected official in the country, he said.
Schumer said that the hatred of Israel and Jews in America has erupted into full-blown antisemitism, “the likes of which we haven’t seen for generations in this country — if ever.”
“Antisemites are taking advantage of the pro-Palestinian movement to espouse hatred and bigotry toward Jewish people,” Schumer said. “But rather than call out this dangerous behavior for what it is, we see so many of our friends and fellow citizens — particularly young people who yearn for justice — unknowingly aiding and abetting their cause.”
He was, of course, scolding the youth of the left - members of his own party - who have blindly joined the mobs of Jew haters in the streets.
Schumer seemed grief stricken that fellow Democrats, who stood with him on so many issues, had joined the throngs of antisemites.
He’s finally seeing them for what they really are: simplistic haters, always searching for new causes and new victims.
The Democrats have to figure out what to do with the unhinged wingnuts in their party.
Good luck with that.
