Tag: Georgia
CUFI urges Republicans to reprimand Taylor Greene over anti-Semitic statements
The lobbying arm of Christians United for Israel, CUFI Action Fund, is calling on Republican leadership in the House of Representatives to remove Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) from committee assignments over her anti-Semitic...
Military veteran Andrew Clyde of Georgia looks forward to first trip to Israel
U.S. Navy veteran Andrew Clyde, a Republican, easily defeated his Democratic opponent, Devin Pandy, with 79.6 percent of the vote to 21.4 percent, respectively, on Nov. 3 in the U.S. House of Representatives race...
Jon Ossoff sworn in as first Jewish senator from Georgia
Jon Ossoff was sworn in on Wednesday as the first Jewish U.S. senator from Georgia.
Taking the oath on a Bible from the rabbi at The Temple in Atlanta, which was bombed by white supremacists...
Ossoff defeats Perdue in US Senate runoff in Georgia
Democrat Jon Ossoff has defeated incumbent Republican Sen. David Perdue in one of the two U.S. Senate runoffs held in Georgia on Tuesday to determine which party would control the upper congressional chamber, media...
Biden expected to tap more Obama alumni for national security posts
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is expected to tap more alumni from the former Obama administration for national security positions, according to media reports.
Biden is expected to nominate Wendy Sherman, who was the lead negotiator...
Video resurfaces of Warnock comparing Netanyahu to segregationist Wallace
A video has resurfaced of Georgia Senate Democratic candidate Rev. Raphael Warnock comparing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to segregationist and former Alabama Gov. George Wallace.
In a 2016 sermon, Warnock, pastor of the historic...
How do you define an ally of the Jews?
How would you characterize someone who compared Israel to apartheid-era South Africa? Or who called Israel’s defense of its border with Gaza against Hamas demonstrations that called for the “right of return” and the Jewish state’s...
GOP candidate in Georgia noted for anti-Semitic, racist remarks wins primary
Jewish and pro-Israel groups slammed the Tuesday victory of Marjorie Taylor Greene, a businesswoman who has made anti-Semitic and other racist remarks, in the Republican run-off in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District.
Greene defeated neurosurgeon John Cowan...
GOP leaders blast Georgia congressional candidate over anti-Semitic, racist remarks
Members of Republican congressional leadership have come down hard on a candidate in Georgia Republican primary for making anti-Semitic and other racist remarks.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.)...
RJC not backing GOP candidate in photos with former neo-Nazi leader
The Republican Jewish Coalition has said it will not be backing a Republican congressional candidate in in a safely Republican district in Georgia who posted for photos with a former neo-Nazi leader.
Following the Tuesday primary,...