Seangoli wrote:West Leas Oros 2 wrote:Which senator?
Ilhar Oman.
Frankly, I don't see her statements as particularly antisemetic. Stupid, yes. Mildly conspiratorial towards a lobbying group for Israel, sure. But antisemitic? Not really. It needs the sort of reasoning that you hear that all criticism of Israel is antisemetic.
Which is idiotic. Sure, she's an idiot who believes stupid conspiracies. But that doesn't necessarily mean she is anti semetic.
Pretty much. Both parties buy into that nonsense as shown by the occasional bipartisan support for attacks against boycotts of Israel. In reality, she just said a pro-Israel lobbying group was paying politicians to support Israel which is simplistic but, afaik, the whole point of a lobbying group.