Posted on 07/21/2026 11:09:57 AM PDT by Milagros
Evangelical Christian leader Laurie Cardoza-Moore has called on President Trump to distance himself from recent statements about Israel made by his Vice President. ..She also objected to Vance's reported statement that those who disagreed with him over the issue could "go to hell," describing it as "a curse against the entire People of Israel." Concluding her remarks, Cardoza-Moore called on both Trump and Vance to take action. "Now is the time for the President to publicly distance himself from JD's words, and for Vance to apologize and sJul 21, 2026, 3:37 PMwitch gears.
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
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Never heard of her.
JD Vance needs to repent
Of course I did:
10 Christian Zionists: Laurie Cardoza-Moore - No.2
https://www.jpost.com/influencers-25/pro-israel-christians/article-867761
Unless there's more than what I saw.
I’ve long learned to separate my love for the USA from my skeptical view of its government. I have deep respect for the people and nation of Israel but I view its government with great skepticism.
now that all the paid anti-Trump trolls have given up on attacking Hegseth [and of course they know better than to directly attack Trump himself here], they’ve move on to attacking JD ... there must be a dozen articles a day now posted here attacking JD ...
It’s OK to criticize any other country, but if you criticize Israel you are an antisemite.
Got it.
Well said....
Well said....
Baloney. No Evangelical leader is a woman, much less with a hyphenated sir name.
I love Trump, buy he sure has a hard time picking VP’s who are for SMALL gov’t except military and for BIG individual freedom from gov’t.
Another hyphen-named feminist who wants attention.
This is stupid.
Being conservative means facing facts.
It’s a fact that months and months have elapsed, and we’re told Iranians are
“desperate to conclude a deal” yet they still have no problem killing our valuable military.
From the get-go, the Israeli/Mossad cabal assured Trump that after depleting US arms stockpile,
their 10,000 bombing sorties would “so weaken Iran” it’d be all over “in a matter of weeks.”
Iran would be rendered so “ineffective,” they’d even be “unable” to close the critical oil transport route ...... the Strait of Hormuz.
That’s a fact.
Absolutely not a feminist. A proud Christian who already earlier advocated against Ilhan Omar and afainst a msqye expansion in her State of TN.
No one expected infamous “liz” to write any other stuff.
“What exactly did JD say against Israel? I thought he told the folks in Israel who were fussing about Trump’s ceasefire to shut up. IMHO that’s not anti-Israel, that’s arguing back to the Israelis who were arguing at Trump.
Unless there’s more than what I saw.”
I wondered that too. So I looked it up:
From Grok:
The quote drawing the most recent criticism (from mid-July 2026) comes from JD Vance’s appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast.
bbc.com
Key excerpts include:“I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that there have been people within the Israeli government who are trying to, like, actually shift us away from that policy [a U.S.-Iran deal] because they want to continue the military campaign.”
reuters.com
And:“There are some people within their system, we know beyond a shadow of a doubt, who are manipulating and trying to change American public opinion to keep the war going on indefinitely. Again, not towards any objective, but just indefinitely.”
nypost.com
Vance also referred to a “literal foreign influence campaign” (citing a Time magazine report on an Israel-linked effort) aimed at tanking the deal, while saying he doesn’t mind foreign governments trying to influence policy in general but objects when it distorts U.S. decisions.
aljazeera.com
Context and CriticismPro-Israel voices and commentators criticized these remarks as promoting conspiracy-tinged narratives about Israeli “manipulation” of U.S. opinion and policy, echoing tropes about undue foreign influence. Some saw it as an “America First” push for pragmatic alliances (comparing Israel to allies like France or Britain) rather than unconditional support, or as appealing to isolationist/right-wing skeptics of aid and entanglement.
x.com
Older quotes (e.g., from 2025) that drew flak include Vance saying there’s “a difference between not liking Israel (or disagreeing with a given Israeli policy) and anti-semitism,” and warning that “if everything is Jew hatred, then nothing is Jew hatred” when conflating policy criticism with antisemitism.
jewishinsider.com
The Rogan comments appear to be the current flashpoint as of July 2026.
So, IMO, this is much ado about nothing. This is someone trying to cause fighting between Trump and Vance (Trump won’t go for it) and US and Israel. (Trump won’t go for it).
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