{"id":1594798,"date":"2022-08-08T14:16:53","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T18:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1594798"},"modified":"2022-08-08T14:17:28","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T18:17:28","slug":"there-is-nothing-anti-semitic-about-criticizing-george-soros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/there-is-nothing-anti-semitic-about-criticizing-george-soros\/","title":{"rendered":"There Is Nothing Anti-Semitic About Criticizing George Soros"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fthere-is-nothing-anti-semitic-about-criticizing-george-soros%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=1594798&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--><p>When Democrats blocked a Marco Rubio amendment that would have compelled \u201c[George] Soros backed prosecutors,\u201d as the senator <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcorubio\/status\/1556238074828320768\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">put it<\/a>, to stop allowing violent criminals to avoid jail terms, it ignited accusations of anti-Semitism from many of the usual suspects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTHIS Is how anti semitism takes root and spreads,\u201d teachers union head Randi <a href=\"https:\/\/twitchy.com\/samj-3930\/2022\/08\/08\/randi-i-know-youre-dumb-but-randi-weingarten-accuses-marco-rubio-of-anti-semitism-for-calling-out-soros-backed-prosecutors-and-oof-it-goes-so-wrong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Weingarten<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rweingarten\/status\/1556287754765570049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claimed<\/a>. \u201cWhat is a \u2018Soros\u2019 backed prosecutor? Soros is a Hungarian Jew who survived the Holocaust\u2026\u201d The Washington Post\u2019s unscrupulous Max Boot went further, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maxboot\/status\/1556274097767718914\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">contending<\/a> that, \u201cEvery time Republicans say \u2018Soros\u2019 you should hear \u2018the Jews.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Boy, isn\u2019t that convenient? No one is permitted to utter a critical word about the most generous benefactor of the hard left\u2014an odious activist who not only spends his fortune undermining American institutions, but also the safety of Jews around the world\u2014simply because he happened to be born into the Tribe.<\/p>\n<p>The first thing to note is that Rubio, whether you agree with his position on prosecutors or not, is stating an incontestable truth. The Hungarian billionaire has given local anti-incarceration prosecutors tens of millions of dollars. Rubio\u2019s accusers could have read about the effort in a 2016 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2016\/08\/george-soros-criminal-justice-reform-227519\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Politico piece<\/a>, headlined, \u201cGeorge Soros\u2019 quiet overhaul of the U.S. justice system.\u201d \u201cDemocratic mega-donor George Soros,\u201d the story informs us, \u201chas directed his wealth into an under-the-radar 2016 campaign to advance one of the progressive movement\u2019s core goals \u2014 reshaping the American justice system.\u201d Then again, Rubio\u2019s detractors could also have read about the effort from the man <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/why-i-support-reform-prosecutors-law-enforces-jail-prison-crime-rate-justice-police-funding-11659277441\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">himself<\/a>: \u201cWhy I Support Reform Prosecutors,\u201d is the headline of a piece that ran in the Wall Street Journal a little over a week ago.<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, the notion that a moderate <em>Florida<\/em> senator, who has a long record of championing Israel and the Jewish people, is sending out anti-Semitic dog whistles is a bizarre one. Republicans\u2014like Democrats, who have aimed their ire at the Koch brothers or the late Sheldon Adelson (also Jewish, though not of the self-hating variety)\u2014go after big donors all the time because it\u2019s politically useful. Soros doesn\u2019t get special dispensation from criticism. But when you\u2019re wracked with paranoia, and see fascism behind every proposition you dislike, you tend to become a hysteric.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s, of course, if we concede that these accusations aren\u2019t just fabricated, cynical efforts to chill speech and smear Rubio, which is far more likely. We shouldn\u2019t forget that most of Rubio\u2019s detractors have never uttered a harsh word about the vile anti-Semites of The Squad, who peddle blood libels and cheer on terrorists. Or even Weingarten, president of the powerful American Federation of Teachers, who <em>led<\/em> the fight to deny Jewish communities access to their schools during Covid \u2014 and beyond. When confronted, Weingarten <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/teachers-union-head-rips-jews-in-interview-on-school-reopening\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>, \u201cAmerican Jews are now part of the ownership class. What I hear when I hear that question is that those who are in the ownership class now want to take that ladder of opportunity away from those who do not have it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Can you imagine the media\u2019s reaction if a powerful Republican had been grousing about the Jewish \u201cownership class?\u201d \u00a0Weingarten, who is married to a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbst.org\/\">rabbi<\/a>,\u201d is regurgitating an enduring anti-Semitic canard: Jews horde power to deny others success. There is not a single person who\u2019s had even fleeting acquaintance with the American Jewish community who could possibly believe it is trying to take away \u201cthe ladder of opportunity.\u201d This is Marxist twaddle.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of which \u2026 Soros, both powerful and born Jewish, is also a man of faith. But it\u2019s not Judaism, to which he has shown zero cultural or religious connection. Soros, in fact, is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/sections\/news\/articles\/soros-hack-reveals-evidence-of-systemic-anti-israel-bias\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">generous<\/a> funder of <a href=\"https:\/\/acdemocracy.org\/soros-anti-israel-bds-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">anti-Semitic<\/a> organizations around the globe\u2014including BDS\u2014and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/sections\/news\/articles\/soros-funding-of-j-street-revealed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">leading patron<\/a> of \u201cpro-Israel\u201d front groups in the United States. There is nothing Jewish about his behavior. Opposing him is a pro-Jewish position.<\/p>\n<p>None of this is to say that fringe types never connect George Soros to a worldwide Jewish conspiracy. Rubio certainly isn\u2019t one of them. Neither are most of the people who bring up Soros, deeply involved in our political battles, in the public discourse. Yet seemingly the only time \u201canti-Semitism\u201d\u2014or the Holocaust, for that matter\u2014is useful to progressives, is when they can appropriate it to slander their opponents. And the trivial use of anti-Semitism for political ends is truly odious, because it only diminishes the seriousness of the real kind. Not that they care. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">\n  David Harsanyi is a senior editor at The Federalist. Harsanyi is a nationally syndicated columnist and author of five books\u2014the most recent, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Eurotrash-America-Reject-Failed-Continent\/dp\/0063066017\/\">Eurotrash: Why America Must Reject the Failed Ideas of a Dying Continent<\/a>. His work has appeared in National Review, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Reason, New York Post, and numerous other publications. 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