The 'Jexodus' of Jews switching parties isn't what the GOP is hoping for
To the organizers of Jexodus, the movement to lure Jews away from the Democratic Party and over to the GOP, I have good news and bad news.
The good news: There is a Jexodus! Jews, including many prominent intellectuals, have been bolting their longtime party en masse.
The bad news: The party they are leaving is the GOP.
Ever since the GOP rolled over and became the Party of Trump, normally stalwart Republican Jews have made it clear they can no longer abide what their party has become. The list includes Max Boot, Jennifer Rubin, Bill Kristol, David Frum, David Brooks and Bret Stephens.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-eshman-jexodus-jews-leaving-gop-20190402-story.html
DavidDvorkin
(19,495 posts)comradebillyboy
(10,178 posts)are still right wing pieces of shit, even though they hate Trump. They are useful only so far as they hurt Trump. Otherwise they don't support Democratic priorities and will go back to being our enemies as soon as Trump is gone. I've got Rubin on probation for the moment, but she's still an unapologetic neocon.
ProfessorPlum
(11,279 posts)but fuck them for being involved in all of the imperialism, racism, classism, and ignorance-mongering that brought us so far along the path that made Trump possible.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,908 posts)I am not myself Jewish, but my ex is, and I have a strong connection with Jews in this country.
I cannot imagine why any Jewish person would be a Republican, just as I cannot fathom why anyone in the LGBT community would be in that party. Or why anyone who is not in at least the top 10% would vote with them.
Have I left anyone out?
MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)Is Jewish people stay home on election day and close their pocket books, to everyone.
Hekate
(90,859 posts)...according to the author, and the percentage who have been Republican has always been somewhere in the 30s.
Sure, there's a Jexodus: Jews are getting the hell out of Trump's alt-right GOP. Who the hell do Trump and his propagandists think they are kidding?
I highly recommend reading the entire essay at the link. It's very good.
Thekaspervote
(32,809 posts)cannabis_flower
(3,768 posts)Joe Lieberman but it might get deleted.