{"id":1529473,"date":"2022-06-27T14:06:07","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T18:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1529473"},"modified":"2022-06-27T14:06:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T18:06:11","slug":"pro-israel-jewish-groups-united-in-opposition-to-bidens-anti-semitic-ambassador-nom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-israel-jewish-groups-united-in-opposition-to-bidens-anti-semitic-ambassador-nom\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Israel, Jewish Groups United in Opposition to Biden\u2019s Anti-Semitic Ambassador Nom"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpro-israel-jewish-groups-united-in-opposition-to-bidens-anti-semitic-ambassador-nom%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1529473&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/\">Biden Administration<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">White House and State Dept silent about candidate who decried \u2018Jewish lobby\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\"><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tElizabeth Frawley Bagley (via YouTube)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/adam-kredo\/\" title=\"Posts by Adam Kredo\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Adam Kredo<\/a> \u2022 June 27, 2022 1:50 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Jewish and pro-Israel organizations across the political spectrum are calling on the White House to withdraw the nomination of an ambassadorial candidate who is under fire for anti-Semitic remarks.<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth Frawley Bagley, a longtime diplomat and Democratic Party insider who was tapped to serve as the next ambassador to Brazil, is facing widespread opposition after the <em>Washington <\/em><em>Free Beacon<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/the-jewish-factor-its-money-biden-ambassador-pick-under-fire-for-anti-semitic-tirade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> on her 1998 remarks about the &#8220;Jewish lobby&#8221; and its &#8220;major money.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pressure is mounting on the Biden administration to pull the nomination and replace Bagley with a different candidate. The White House would not comment on the controversy when contacted by the <em>Free Beacon<\/em>, and the State Department\u2019s special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism\u2014a position created to fight against the type of rhetoric employed by Bagley\u2014also would not comment. Jewish and pro-Israel organizations say Bagley must go as a result of her remarks, in which she decried &#8220;the influence of the Jewish lobby because there is major money involved.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is unconscionable to persist with this nomination,&#8221; Sandra Parker, chair of the Christians United for Israel\u2019s action fund, told the <em>Free Beacon<\/em>. &#8220;It\u2019s clear as day that Ms. Bagley\u2019s anti-Semitic remarks disqualify her for any post in government, let alone a U.S. ambassadorship. Her statements run contrary to the Biden administration\u2019s commitment to fighting ant-Semitism. They should acknowledge this and pull her nomination without delay.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bagley\u2019s future is uncertain after the Senate Foreign Relations Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/senate-shoots-down-bidens-anti-semitic-ambassador-pick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">did not advance<\/a> her nomination, primarily due to opposition over her comments claiming the &#8220;Jewish lobby&#8221; exerts undue influence over politics. Bagley\u2019s confirmation by the full Senate will require her to clear additional parliamentary hurdles and votes, though it seems increasingly likely Republicans will not support these moves.<\/p>\n<p>The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the nation\u2019s most prominent pro-Israel lobbying group, also condemned Bagley\u2019s comments in a rare rebuke. While AIPAC, which values its bipartisan credentials, typically shuns political fights, a spokesman for the group said that Bagley\u2019s &#8220;bigoted comments must be rejected.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In her 1998 comments, Bagley appeared to be referring to AIPAC and other similar groups when she claimed, &#8220;The Democrats always tend to go with the Jewish constituency on Israel and say stupid things, like moving the capital to Jerusalem always comes up.&#8221; Support for Israel-related issues, Bagley added, are mainly due to &#8220;the Jewish factor, it&#8217;s money.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) also pressed the White House to pull Bagley\u2019s nomination and urged the Senate to reject her if it does not.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ms. Bagley\u2019s disgraceful, anti-Semitic comments are absolutely disqualifying; her outrageous slurs include suggesting the \u2018Jewish lobby\u2019 influences elected officials with \u2018major money&#8217;\u2014an age-old, anti-Semitic stereotype,&#8221; Matt Brooks, RJC executive director, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Stop Anti-Semitism, an advocacy group that combats Jew hatred, described the Senate committee\u2019s party-line vote on Bagley as &#8220;disappointing at best.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The revelation of not one but a few anti-Semitic tropes that Bagley expressed in a previous interview should not be trivialized and dismissed in effort to move this ill-fated nomination forward,&#8221; Liora Rez, the organization\u2019s executive director, told the <em>Free Beacon<\/em>. &#8220;If discriminatory comments had been made about any other minority, Bagley\u2019s nomination would not have seen sunlight. Anti-Semitism has no place in America, especially not among politically appointed leaders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Simon Wiesenthal Center, a watchdog group that combats anti-Semitism, demanded the nomination be killed, saying, Bagley &#8220;must remove herself from consideration to represent the American people in Brazil. If she doesn&#8217;t, the president or secretary of state should.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden Administration White House and State Dept silent about candidate who decried \u2018Jewish lobby\u2019  Elizabeth Frawley Bagley (via YouTube)  Adam Kredo \u2022 June 27, 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":117,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1529473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1529473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/117"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1529473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1529473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1529473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1529473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1529473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}