Posted on 03/13/2019 3:14:38 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Belén Sisa, the Latino press secretary for Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) 2020 presidential campaign, has apologized for questioning whether American Jews hold “dual allegiance” to Israel, Politico reported Tuesday evening.
Sisa reportedly asked the question on Facebook Sunday as part of a larger discussion about her support for Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), who came under fire this month for suggesting pro-Israel groups pressure members of Congress to pledge allegiance to a foreign country.
“In a conversation on Facebook, I used some language that I see now was insensitive. Issues of allegiance and loyalty to one’s country come with painful history,” Sisa said in a statement to Politico. “At a time when so many communities in our country feel under attack by the president and his allies, I absolutely recognize that we need to address these issues with greater care and sensitivity to their historical resonance, and I’m committed to doing that in the future.”
As the Washington Examiner reported, Sisa is a self-declared “undocumented” immigrant whose parents brought her illegally to the U.S. from Argentina at six years old and is a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient. Her legal protection from deportation will expire next year.
Some Jewish leaders, still reeling from Omar’s latest anti-Jewish outburst, expressed anger with Sisa’s remarks. “I would totally disagree with that. It’s ridiculous. … She’s wrong,” said Jewish Flordia Democrat Rep. Lois Frankel. “That’s just a terrible statement to make,” Frankel continued, adding Sisa’s comments is one of several reasons why “Bernie Sanders is not my candidate.”
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Souldn’t Bernie be asked if he holds allegiance to Venezuela and Cuba
Last time I heard, Israel wasn’t at war with the U.S. So what does it matter?
All muslims have allegiance only to Allah and sharia.
They cannot take any oath to the Constitution sincerely.
Fortunately their religion allows them to lie to infidels.
Isn’t Bernie loyal to Mexico?
He wants Mexicans to void American votes in sanctuary cities.
Bernie hates me and my American family.
First they came for the Jews...and “they” turned out to be Jewish, like Bernie Sanders.
If Bernie wants to prove he’s anti-Jewish to help his presidential hopes, why doesn’t he just renounce his religion rather than attacking Israel and his fellow Jews for supporting it?
‘Latino press secretary’ ??? How many ‘groups’ does he have a press secretary for?
This plus your previous Jared Kushner questioning post which was garbage clearly shows you have an objective and in my view a bias against Israel and/or Jews
Care to elaborate, and yes it is being noted
the most interesting, and tragic, part of this story is
not the hoary old allegation,
which usually has zero substance to begin with...
but..
rather,
Bernie the Red’s anti-Semitism...he is just another of the (pathetic!!) JSS’ers (Jewish Suicide Syndrome), a self-hating “Jew” who has chosen to abandon most of his parents’ Biblical moral values and faith.. for “social justice” (sick old-fashioned communistic politics and demagoguery) instead.
He’s “thrown the baby out with the bath water”... he’s discarded a most precious faith and morals heritage ...
AND what’s perhaps even worse, he’s adopted a horrid and dangerous substitute, instead.
So very tragic
DACA spawn are nothing but trouble. They need to be kicked out along with their parents and all other spawn colonists.
Muzzies hold a single allegiance: to muzziedom.
Bernie is an atheistic Communist. Maybe he is following his idol, Karl Marx, when Marx wrote on the Jewish Question.
Wow. Just wow.
OTOH maybe such statements will cause Jews to re-think their misplaced allegiance to the Democrat Party.
Some Jewish leaders, still reeling from Omar’s latest anti-Jewish outburst, expressed anger with Sisa’s remarks. “I would totally disagree with that. It’s ridiculous. … She’s wrong,” said Jewish Flordia Democrat Rep. Lois Frankel. “That’s just a terrible statement to make,” Frankel continued, adding Sisa’s comments is one of several reasons why “Bernie Sanders is not my candidate.”
Not yet -- but when he wins the nomination, she'll go out like the zombie she is and vote for him. Demwits don't have dual allegiance, they have allegiance to the Demagogic Party, not to our country, and certainly not to Israel.
I ope you’re wrong on this. I am at least hoping for a siphoning off of my fellow Jews from the Democratic party. If POTUS won’t get the majority of the Jews, I, at least, hope he gets near parity. Some political trends take time.
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I think the rank and file are going to either not vote (that would be uncharacteristic) or will turn a bit Pubbie in 2020, as they did (just once) for Reagan.
There’s no question about him. He holds single allegiance to Cuba, the defunct Soviet Union, Venezuela, the PRC, Vietnam...
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