Russia, China, Iran Accused Of Election Interference; Jews Not Used To 4th Place

“Being overshadowed in this way should be welcome, I suppose, but my colleagues and I must also confess a sense of disappointment and discomfort. It just isn’t… normal.”

Washington, October 26 – Social media bots, disinformation, and attempts to influence the outcome of the upcoming US presidential contest have led numerous analysts and partisan commentators to allege malicious foreign efforts to meddle in American politics, but one group finds itself in the unfamiliar position of not featuring atop the list of suspects: Jews.

Recent weeks have seen various news items that one side or the other dismisses as fake, or as merely the latest attempt by Russia, China, or even Iran to induce American voters to favor one candidate or the other, with the two most prominent examples this past week involving Democratic candidate Joe Biden’s son Hunter linked to an incriminating laptop that Biden supporters have strained to minimize as a Russian deception, not evidence of the Biden family’s corruption; and a questionable effort to influence Florida voters to vote against Republican incumbent Donald Trump, attributed to Iran. The incidents occurred against a backdrop of continuing recriminations over alleged Russian interference in the 2016 contest the resulted in a Trump victory and sparked years of conflict over whether any evidence at all has emerged that Trump’s campaign sought, or even benefited from, such Russian efforts. Other entities that have featured in the rhetorical fracas have included Ukraine, the Chinese Communist Party, Deutsche Bank, and various alleged creditors of the president whose debt to them will grant them some sort of control over his policy. Absent for the first time in living memory from the upper echelons of this Who’s Who in the foreign interference Olympics are the one group that has hitherto enjoyed perpetual placement atop other contenders in the competition for who has the most outsize, malign influence on American politics: the Jews.

“It’s a weird feeling,” admitted Malcolm Hoenlein, a past chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations. “Being overshadowed in this way should be welcome, I suppose, but my colleagues and I must also confess a sense of disappointment and discomfort. It just isn’t… normal.”

Antisemites reacted with suspicion. “It would be just like the Jewish cabal to engineer this,” insisted Louis Farrakhan. “The Synagogue of Satan is actually the one behind Russia, China, and anyone else trying to interfere – they’ve just gotten better and better at covering their tracks.” He declined to explain how Jewish-controlled Russian interference on behalf of Trump squares with his supporters’ preference for Biden and the Democrats, among which several prominent Congressional Representatives enjoy close ties with Farrakhan.

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