Tag: Democratic Party
Poll: Biden first choice for Jewish voters among Democratic candidates
Jewish voters overwhelmingly support former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden over Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in the 2020 Democratic primary for president, according to a new poll.
In a Morning Consult survey, 47.1 percent of Jewish registered voters plan to...
Florida Mayor Wayne Messam wants to restore US as ‘honest broker’ in Mideast negotiations
Wayne Messam, the mayor of Miramar, Fla., is one of nearly two-dozen Democrats running for president in 2020, announcing his candidacy on March 28.
Days after forming an exploratory committee on March 13, Messam, 44, traveled to...
Record at a glance: Sen. Michael Bennet’s pro-Israel history stands out in a changing...
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet became the latest Democrat to enter the 2020 presidential race on Thursday morning in a video where he briefly mentions his mom and grandparents surviving the Holocaust. (She later immigrated to the...
Joe Biden and the trouble with old friends
The shoe finally dropped for the Democratic presidential field this week with the announcement by former Vice President Joe Biden that he is running. It remains to be seen whether his place atop the...
Can you be ‘100 percent pro-Israel’ and call its government ‘racist?’
The man with the best chance right now to be the first Jewish president of the United States is someone who thinks the prime minister of Israel is a racist. To say that is...
Pelosi: ‘No taint’ of anti-Semitism in the Democratic Party, Omar isn’t anti-Semitic
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on Tuesday that the Democratic Party has “no taint” of anti-Semitism amid such remarks coming from congressional members, especially Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), whom Pelosi said is not...
Democrats’ war on Netanyahu isn’t compatible with a pro-Israel stance
When leaders of Tammany Hall—the legendary Democratic machine that ran New York City for more than a century—would be confronted with an occasional electoral setback, their usual response was to deride it by claiming...
Record at a glance: Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan supports Israeli self-defense, though favors Iran...
U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, 45, announced his candidacy on Thursday for the Democratic nomination for president in 2020.
Serving in the House of Representatives since 2003, the Ohio congressman has emphasized Israel’s right to defend...
Does the Democratic Party really ‘hate’ Jewish people?
The Democratic Party has long been viewed by most Jewish Americans as its political home. Influenced by the Jewish people’s long history of persecution, urban lifestyle and generally liberal political outlook, American Jews are...
Is there any defense for Ilhan Omar?
Ever since she burst onto the national political scene by winning election to the House of Representatives in November, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) has presented a challenge to her party. Like her fellow freshman...