RNC Research: Democrats' Growing Antisemitism Problem
The Republican National Committee has published an in-depth look at the Democratic Party's tolerance for antisemitism and what it means for American Jewish voters.
The report, issued on November 14, 2021, includes these points:
JEWISH AMERICANS HAVE A HOME IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
- The GOP is making strong inroads with Jewish Americans, fighting on issues that matter to Jewish voters while Democrats allow anti-Israel sentiment and even anti-Semitism to grow in their party.
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75 percent of Orthodox Jews now lean or identify as Republican.
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75 percent of Orthodox Jews now lean or identify as Republican.
- This month’s elections proved Republicans are gaining support within the Jewish community.
- Virginia exit polls show Republicans made huge inroads among Jewish voters while Democrats saw a 10-percentage point decline.
- The two most important issues to Jewish voters in Virginia’s election were education and the economy, two of the top issues which Glenn Youngkin ran on.
- In New York, North Hempstead – an area with a growing Jewish population – flipped Republican for the first time in at least eight years, electing Mazi Melesa Pilip as County Legislator.
- In New York City Council’s election, Republicans gained a seat in a heavily Orthodox Jewish neighborhood, electing Inna Vernikov to represent District 48.
- Virginia exit polls show Republicans made huge inroads among Jewish voters while Democrats saw a 10-percentage point decline.
BIDEN AND THE DEMOCRATS HAVE A GROWING ANTI-ISRAEL AND ANTI-SEMITISM PROBLEM
- Biden and Democrats have allowed anti-Semitism to flourish in their party by refusing to condemn their anti-Semitic members and implementing policies that exacerbate dangerous anti-Israel and anti-Semitic ideas.
- Jewish Americans make up just 2.4 percent of the U.S. adult population but are the targets of hate crimes at a higher rate than other minority groups.
- Jewish Americans make up just 2.4 percent of the U.S. adult population but are the targets of hate crimes at a higher rate than other minority groups.
- In September, Kamala Harris applauded a student who accused Israel of “ethnic genocide,” failing to stand up to this disgusting and false claim.
- Iran, which supports and funds terrorism in Israel, promoted Harris’s actions on social media.
- Iran, which supports and funds terrorism in Israel, promoted Harris’s actions on social media.
- Huwaida Arraf, an anti-Israel activist, is now running for Congress as a Democrat in Michigan.
- Arraf tried to equip Hamas with military weapons, co-founded a dangerous anti-Israel organization, and defended a Palestinian terrorist who killed two Jewish students.
- Arraf tried to equip Hamas with military weapons, co-founded a dangerous anti-Israel organization, and defended a Palestinian terrorist who killed two Jewish students.
- During a talk with Jewish leaders in September, Biden lied about visiting Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue after the 2018 mass shooting.
- Barb Feige, the executive director of the Tree of Life, confirmed that Biden had not visited the Tree of Life Synagogue, the location of the worst anti-Jewish hate crime in US history
- Barb Feige, the executive director of the Tree of Life, confirmed that Biden had not visited the Tree of Life Synagogue, the location of the worst anti-Jewish hate crime in US history
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