Posted on 12/07/2023 10:24:37 AM PST by RandFan
Rep. Thomas Massie was condemned by top Democrats and the White House Tuesday for sharing a Drake-inspired meme that suggested Congress embraces Zionism more than American patriotism.
The Kentucky Republican’s post on X showed one photo of the rapper holding his hand up and looking away with the captions “Congress these days” and “American patriotism.”
In another photo, Drake is seen smiling and pointing toward another caption that reads: “Zionism.”
The meme, which has been viewed more than 3 million times, earned the scorn of the Biden administration.
“All Americans – including @HouseGOP leadership – should condemn this virulent Antisemitism from a sitting member of Congress,” White House communications director Herbie Ziskend tweeted.
Massie was the only Republican to vote against a GOP-backed resolution condemning antisemitism that passed the House Tuesday 311-14.
Thirteen Democrats also voted against the resolution, and 92 Democrats voted present over concerns the resolution stated “anti-Zionism is antisemitism.”
One House Democrat who supported the resolution, Rep. Ritchie Torres, also criticized Massie.
“Thomas Massie, a House Republican, is pitting American patriotism against Zionism,” Torres tweeted. “Most Americans are both pro-America and pro-Israel and see no contradiction between the two.”
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Massie is an idiot.
Massie is MESSED UP.
Drakes mother is Jewish so does this make him a self hating Jew? You can’t be America first and a Zionist at the same time because it’s inevitable that sooner or later American interests could be different that what is in the interest of Israel.
Funny how Dems rush to the mic to blast a Republican for spewing jew hatred but when their OWN party does it not a peep..you have THOUSANDS of protestors on the streets of America screaming for the extermination of the Jews and NOT ONE PEEP from these dems, not one, because none of them are wearing maga hats
No, Jim.
I have been told by many people here on FR that is o.k. to criticize and say the nastiest things possible about your own government. But if you say anything bad about Israel or Zionism, you must be a bad person, a bad Christian and a bad American.
They are right this time. It still amazes me that some people here on FR defend this man. He is anti-Trump and anti Jew.
Well we are quickly approaching the point where Netanyahu’s plans for the region vary from our own. While I don’t like any of the Mideast governments, we have global strategic interests that require us to remain on good terms with them. So are we gonna trash our relationships with all these countries and make Israel’s interests a priority over our own? Apparently more than a few on here do think so. Putting a foreign governments interests over our own makes them a traitor in my book and they certainly can’t claim to be America first.
Zeal for the national interests of Ukraine and Israel is Displacement because nationalistic concern for the interests of the United States is NOT ALLOWED.
Yes I’ve thought that may have something to do with it.
Massie may be an idiot, but the fact he is pointing out our Congress cares more about Israel than they do our dang border (and Americans) is NOT “antisemitism”! It is the truth!
That reach is ALMOST as bad as all the Freepers who swear if you are not willing to put another $500 billion on your great-great-grandchildren’s credit card and send that cash to Zelensky, you must be a Putin lover!!
The two have nothing to do with the other!!
Agreeing with the hate America jihadi squad more than once in a blue moon in self evidentiary a bad American, bad Christian and bad human being-regardless of topic.
When it walks and quacks like a duck-it’s a duck.
They need to shut up and get rid of the log in thier own eye, but the evil ones won’t.
Strawman. Trump supports both, so does Steve Bannon, so do I.
I’m not talking about you, or Trump or other people who care about the US border.
I’m talking about the NeoCons who have unlimited zeal to protect Israel and Ukraine, but are fine with an open US border.
Got that
You are the perfect voter. You are the reason there is a two party system and why it works so well for the people destroying our country.
Don’t think. Don’t evaluate. Don’t discern.
Just look at what the “bad guys” want and then want the opposite as them.
Stick with your team and you can never be wrong.
The Dems/squad loathes and despises the nation-
Fundamental transformation literally means destroy the original formation aka destroy America.
somehow we’re going to pretzel logic into agreeing with them but once in a great while is good for our society.
I discern and evaluate plenty-one of us needs a logic 101 class and it’s not me.
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