The populist right is threatening our democracy as never before. Here's why we're doing more stories on statements from obscure left-wing student groups.Joe Scarbrough this morning opined that the protests and disagreements with Biden over Israel and Gaza exposed the “fault line” in the Democratic Party. He meant the split between “progressives” and everyone else.
And I thought: “Who?” Rashida Tlaib? Who else? I fell onto an e-mail list for AOC (a fundraising mechanism), and she never mentions demanding a cease fire. Tlaib has been the public Congressional face of that; and who else? Anybody? Anybody? Ferris Bueller?
All I’ve got is some random college kids on a handful of campuses. There was the video a while back, of a few students (all off camera) ending an MIT class with a chant. Most of the students sat mute, waiting for it to end.
And now? Now that Biden has negotiated a deal where every day a hostage is released means 4 days of ceasefire? And humanitarian aid delivered to Gaza? And yes, Biden publicly supports Israel; but flies and vinegar, isn’t it? Staying on Israel’s good side, Biden has more influence: i.e., the ceasefire.
And is Tlaib expected to lead a splinter group of Democrats away from Biden next November?
The media is not friendly to Democrats are are pretty soft on democracy, especially the real thing with equality as the non-negotiable aspect of that. And, ironically, they're not friendly to Palestinians, at all, encouraging the violence against them here as well as in the Middle East.
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