Karine Jean-Pierre
Posted on 11/26/2020 8:36:37 AM PST by MarvinStinson
Former MoveOn.Org head Karine Jean-Pierre praised lawmakers for boycotting pro-Israel confab
Incoming president Joe Biden is reportedly close to selecting a vocal Israel critic to serve as his White House press secretary.
Karine Jean-Pierre, a longtime campaign adviser and incoming vice president Kamala Harris's chief of staff, is currently the "top candidate" for the job, according to NBC News. Jean-Pierre was senior adviser and national spokeswoman for MoveOn.org, a far-left anti-Israel group that defends boycotts of the Jewish state, from April 2016 until August 2020, when she was hired as chief of staff for Harris.
Jean-Pierre has been a vocal critic of Israel, accusing the Jewish state of committing "war crimes" and, during the Democratic primary, celebrating Democrats who boycotted the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's annual conference in Washington, D.C. She praised those lawmakers for "boldly choosing to prioritize diplomacy and human rights over the power of a lobbying organization."
Team Biden's focus on Jean-Pierre is likely to rankle the pro-Israel community, which enjoyed strong support from the White House during President Donald Trump's tenure in office. As Biden makes early staff decisions, the selection of a prominent Israel critic could signal his administration is willing to make overtures to Israel's detractors.
MoveOn, the progressive group for which Jean-Pierre served in senior roles, launched a campaign during the Democratic primary calling on Democrats to boycott the AIPAC conference and the organization itself. "[Democratic] candidates should be prepared for push back regarding their involvement with AIPAC," a MoveOn spokeswoman told Politico at the time. The group's first candidate endorsements in the 2020 cycle were of the two leading anti-Israel members of Congress, Reps. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.).
In a 2019 opinion article for Newsweek, Jean-Pierre said AIPAC helped the Trump administration "sabotage" the Iran nuclear deal. She claimed that AIPAC "supported the group that's credited with inspiring President Trump to enact the Muslim Ban and has been known to spread anti-Muslim racism." Jean-Pierre did not name the group. She attacked AIPAC for hosting Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at its conference on the grounds that "under his leadership of Israel, according to the United Nations, Israel may have committed war crimes."
AIPAC, she claimed without evidence, engages in "severely racist, Islamophobic rhetoric. … The organization has become known for trafficking in anti-Muslim and anti-Arab rhetoric while lifting up Islamophobic voices and attitudes."
AIPAC, which was once a broadly bipartisan organization, has increasingly come under fire from progressives who view it as deferential to the Israeli government. While the organization was once a symbol of America's broad support for U.S.-Israeli ties, progressives have worked to undermine its efforts and demand that Democrats boycott the group
MoveOn also defended House Democrats accused of anti-Semitism, tweeting that Democratic leaders "must stand strong in solidarity with Reps. Tlaib, Omar—stand up to Israel right-wing government for doing Trump's racist, political dirty work." When far-left activist Linda Sarsour was criticized for anti-Semitism, the group tweeted that she "is a leader in the fight for justice for all of us." MoveOn also defended Angela Davis, the notorious communist activist, as a "civil rights leader" after an award was revoked over her record of anti-Semitism.
The Biden campaign did not respond to a request for comment.
Karine Jean-Pierre
It appears that Netanyahu’s premature attempt to suck up to Biden isn’t working out so well ....
Imagine how insufferable it would be to hear how Karine “slapped back” or gave “side eye” to any reporters who “dared” to question her. Like every single day, and always protected from any criticism by the Magical Melanin force field.
Face it. Biden is a vile, demented criminal who will be totally under the control of the globalist socialists. Get ready for a wild downhill ride. Also when the Democrats take power, they know how to use it and will tolerate no oppoosition. It will be a time for real courageous patriots to organize and resist.
I doubt it.
The suck-up as you call it is just common sense diplomacy. There is zero downside whether Giuliani, Powell, et al., prevail or not.
ML/NJ
Biden and the Left are no friend to Israel ... and Netanyahu knows this. I am confident that the Left (Biden being truly irrelevant) looks at what Netanyahu did prematurely (he could have waited six weeks if for no other reason than out of respect for Trump ... a true friend to Israel and Netanyahu damn well knows that, too!) as kowtowing (if “sucking up” is too direct a term to use.) Cheers!
ML/NJ
Only an idiot would infer from anything I have written that Netanyahu is “an enemy of our side.” I simply think his “diplomacy” on this matter is ill-timed and, in my opinion, disrespectful. Cheers!
She is of Haitian descent; her parents are from Haiti. She’s also a female homosexual, so she has membership in a number of grievance groups, which prevent any from criticizing her.
Israel is going to need powerful new friends for protection from the US if the Biden Administration takes over.
So I must be an idiot then. (800 on the Analytical Reasoning SAT in 1963 before they dumbed it down to make it more fair. How'd'ja do?)
ML/NJ
One last time: Cheers!
Vous aussi.
ML/NJ
There was a time when Jewish voters supported the Israel-American relationship as being something special. That time is gone and many Jewish voters see Israel as just another country. It was because of the close relationship between Israel and the US that AIPAC enjoyed broad across the aisle support and why AIPAC never endorsed a specific candidate, whether an R or a D. As the Leftists have come out of the shadows and into positions of power and influence (hat tip to 50 years of academic molding of young minds), the Israel-American relationship has been undermined and with a Biden Administration it will disappear. Thereafter, the US will become an “honest broker” meaning it will not assist Israel unless the Palestinians and other rejection states agree.
Does she get it on with Kommie-la?
If Biden appoints a black Jew-hater no one can criticize publicly, that would be an excellent development. She goes off on Israel half-cocked, and Jews won’t necessarily say anything, but they’ll vote accordingly, both at the ballot box and with their political contributions. Prior to the past couple of decades, Jews were never big GOP contributors. Now, Adelson is the single biggest GOP contributor, and Paul Singer is #2. I expect that trend of wealthy Jews leaving the Democrats to increase, in the decades ahead.
But.
I have to agree with glennaro straight up on this one. Trump congratulated Bebe for 'winning' 3 razor-close Israeli elections in less than a freaking year:
The reality of it was, Bebe didn't win any of those elections outright and could not conjure a majority coalition -- thus all the revotes.But that didn't keep Trump from praising Bebe's 'winning attitude, longest ruler of Israel, steady hand on the tiller' and all the rot.
It was crass and classless for Bebe to jump in Biden's lap. Bebe came off as a pisher, a schnorrer. Cheap. Not unlike the way he has treated 3 wives to date.
The Israeli obsession with 'what have you done for me lately', 'lately' is officially down to 24 hours and contracting quickly.
I don't care for that at all. All this 'peace' breaking out in the ME with diplomatic recognition of Israel is a result of Trump breaking the Arab monopoly on hydrocarbon and nothing else.
Did Bebe show a cogent moment of gratitude to Trump's extended friendship when it mattered and wait for "the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December"?
LIAR !
ML/NJ
I'm humbled to actually be in the presence of such genius, especially one who is willing to admit to their intellectual superiority............
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