I think I hear JVL and Tim scoff at the idea that Michigan voters -- especially Detroit-area voters -- will be overly punitive of any Dem candidate because of Gaza. But back in April, this story: "Representative Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) on Thursday refused to condemn “death to America” chants that featured prominently at a rally in the …
I think I hear JVL and Tim scoff at the idea that Michigan voters -- especially Detroit-area voters -- will be overly punitive of any Dem candidate because of Gaza. But back in April, this story: "Representative Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) on Thursday refused to condemn “death to America” chants that featured prominently at a rally in the district she represents. Last week, at an anti-Israel demonstration in Dearborn, Michigan, local activist Tarek Bazzi led a crowd in chants of “death to America” and “death to Israel,” saying the Jewish state “does not deserve to exist” and celebrating former Iranian ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini." THIS is what I'm talking about. I can't bring my years of teaching History in Ann Arbor to do a pas d'armes with pundits but I'm telling you -- the Gaza war is being fought right here in Wayne and Washtenaw counties. Chant what you want about other countries, but not the USA, which is protecting YOUR RIGHT to say stuff that would get you beheaded elsewhere.
I think I hear JVL and Tim scoff at the idea that Michigan voters -- especially Detroit-area voters -- will be overly punitive of any Dem candidate because of Gaza. But back in April, this story: "Representative Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) on Thursday refused to condemn “death to America” chants that featured prominently at a rally in the district she represents. Last week, at an anti-Israel demonstration in Dearborn, Michigan, local activist Tarek Bazzi led a crowd in chants of “death to America” and “death to Israel,” saying the Jewish state “does not deserve to exist” and celebrating former Iranian ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini." THIS is what I'm talking about. I can't bring my years of teaching History in Ann Arbor to do a pas d'armes with pundits but I'm telling you -- the Gaza war is being fought right here in Wayne and Washtenaw counties. Chant what you want about other countries, but not the USA, which is protecting YOUR RIGHT to say stuff that would get you beheaded elsewhere.