The Jewish Case for Electing Abdul El-Sayed

New Republic ^ | October 15, 2026 | Simon Lazarus

[artichokegrower]

The security of Jewish Americans depends on the constitutional order—and the defeat of the MAGA movement that threatens to destroy it.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: abdulelplatner; jewsforhitler; newrepubic

[artichokegrower]

The core interest of American Jews in the 2026 midterm elections is to facilitate a decisive repudiation of this subversive movement bent on shredding the Constitution, and the election of a two-house congressional platform to crush its Christian nationalist authoritarian agenda.

The Story

• The Request: A scorpion wants to cross a wide river, but it cannot swim. It asks a nearby frog to carry it across on its back.

• The Fear: The frog hesitates, afraid the scorpion will sting it.

• The Logic: The scorpion points out that stinging the frog would be foolish, because they would both drown. Convinced by this logical argument, the frog agrees and lets the scorpion onto its back.

• The Betrayal: Halfway across the river, the scorpion stings the frog anyway.

• The Ending: As they both begin to sink and die, the dying frog asks why the scorpion did it. The scorpion replies: "I'm sorry, I couldn't help myself. It's my nature."

The Moral

You should be careful who you trust. Some people or creatures cannot change their harmful instincts, even when hurting others goes against their own best interests.

[montag813]

So open borders and a lawless department of Justice are Simon’s idea of a “constitutional order?”

[Responsibility2nd]

I wonder how many Jews volunteered to get on a Nazi train?

“Go ahead Simon. Get on that boxcar. They’ll be a nice hot shower when you get off.”

[traderrob6]

The first line is a gross misrepresenatation and therefor invalidates the entire artcile without having to read it.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

The Jewish case for electing El-Sayed.

[TTFlyer]

This Jew wins this year’s “Golden Calf” award.

[PAR35]

Jews need to vote for Hitler because the Center party is a bunch of Roman Catholics.

Same logic.

[j.havenfarm]

I didn’t coin the comparison, but it bears repeating here: the Jewish case for supporting an Islamist is like the chicken’s case for supporting KFC.

It’s not even arguable that the rise of Islamomarxists portends grave problems for American Jews

[PAR35]

I wonder how many Jews volunteered to get on a Nazi train?

In Poland, the Nazis depended on the Judenräte to identify the Jews to be shipped out "for labor in the east" particularly in the early years of the occupation.

This article puts the best spin possible on it:

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/jewish-councils-judenraete

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

--- "You should be careful who you trust. Some people or creatures cannot change their harmful instincts, even when hurting others goes against their own best interests."

The Wiki related to the Lefty New Republic cites the Lefty NYTimes in that Wiki: "The New York Times described the magazine as partially founded in Theodore Roosevelt's living room and known for its 'intellectual rigor and left-leaning political views'."

New Republic? The Little Lady and I are okay with the old one, having celebrated in 250th a couple of months ago.

[Leaning Right]

In related news, a vote for Hitler was a vote against the unfair Treaty of Versailles.

See? It’s easy to defend a vote for a monster. Almost any excuse will do.

[redangus]

Jews needed to vote for Hitler, because even though he said he was going to kill them, he made the trains run on time and made the streets safe, unless you were a Jewish shop owner on a particular night. How many Jews told themselves he wasn’t talking about them. He was referring to those ‘other’ Jews?

[17th Miss Regt]

“BECAUSE I BELIEVE THEY WILL MAKE ME A KAPO!”

[nhbob1]

Denial is not just a river in Egypt.

[bk1000]

So now MAGA wants to kill the Jews?
Please…
Isn’t it the Dems who are accusing Jews of genocide, and who are publicly attacking them?
We don’t hate them enough…yet.

[No name given]

How true.

[HonorInPa]

Starting off with a false premise invalidates the rest of the article.

[Vesuvian]

“You promise you’ll make me a kapo, right Abdulrahman???”

[Antoninus]

The Jewish case for electing El-Sayed: “If you’re so stupid that you think a radical “river to the sea” Muslim is less a threat to Jews than Donald Trump, then yeah, vote for El-Sayed.”

[rktman]

I know some today that would go for an all expense getaway. 🤔