cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/34201505
Ritchie Torres is threading a needle after emphatic defense of Israel for most of the war.
from Politico
08/04/2025 05:55 AM EDT[It’s disgusting how feeble and late this is, but it is an indication of how popular sentiment continues to shift against Israel. 👍 ]
In recent days, a majority of Democratic senators voted for a resolution to bar the sale of assault rifles to Israeli police, a marked change in the party since the start of the military conflict. Their unprecedented rebuke comes as polling shows slipping support for Israel among Democratic voters, signaling the prolonged war has potentially caused permanent damage to the country’s relationship with the Democratic Party.
Jimmy Carter wasn’t a moderate, and he’d be left of most modern progressives today. I just don’t understand the “famous republiqan” bit, I haven’t seen anyone claim Carter was close to right wing other than people who think anyone right of Mao was a fascist
He was moderate for the time. He’d be to the right of most progressives today. He wasn’t big on gay rights, for example.
I added the part about famous republiQan because he’s one of the most famous Democrats in history who has done more for Palestine than everyone here put together, complaining that Democrats don’t support Palestine. It was /s