Democrats Reassure Leftists Their Antisemitism Doesn’t Count

“It’s not like we’re rushing to throw our Jew-haters under the bus.”

Washington, February 10 – Leading Congressional and White House figures sought to calm fears this week that the government’s adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition of antisemitism means they will cease to run cover for Jew-haters in their midst and among their allies, party officials have disclosed.

Democratic leaders of the House of Representatives, Senate, and executive branch conducted numerous private conversations over the last several days with lawmakers, lobbyists, consultants, and policymakers to allay concerns over the administration’s public moves that give the impression it is serious about combating antisemitism even from political allies or Islamists. Party sources indicated that at least forty such conversations have taken place since last week to explain that while the Biden administration has adopted the IHRA definition, it intends to pursue policy under it only against right-wing antisemites, and that progressive groups and figures have little to worry about.

“You have to remember we’re still protecting Ilahn Omar (D-MN) and Rahida Tlaib (D-MI) here,” observed an aide to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. “It’s not like we’re rushing to throw our Jew-haters under the bus. The president’s policy on Iran and its proxies should already indicate where we all really stand on this. It’s just that there are certain moves you have to make in public to deflect criticism of what you’re going to do anyway.”

“I’d say adoption of the IHRA definition, as much as I have concerns about its potential to stifle all criticism of Israel, well, let’s just say we can leave it in the realm of the theoretical, and our allies in the media will obligingly ask no questions about that,” added Matt Duss of the State Department. The IHRA definition specifically states that criticism of Israel similar to that leveled against any other country is not antisemitic.

Hate-monitoring groups that cover for the Democratic agenda, such as the Anti-Defamation League and the Southern Poverty Law Center, promised donors their focus will remain on right-wing antisemites. “It’s always possible to cite a statistic that makes left-wing antisemitism seem irrelevant or marginal,” explained Jonathan Greenblatt of the ADL. “The fact that left-wing antisemitism feeds the atmosphere in which it becomes acceptable to target Jews, and that where ‘anti-Zionism’ rears its head, so does antisemitism – there are ways to elide that in our rhetoric, reports, and policy recommendations. Left-wing groups contributing to antisemitism on campuses? No problem – just use our media clout to draw attention instead to right-wing agitators. Democrats have nothing to worry about here.”

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