An interesting exchange took place recently on MS NOW, the network formerly known as MSNBC.New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg, a spin doctor for the left, was furiously making a case that antisemitism is becoming a big problem for Republicans, when contributor Catherine Rampell interjected and pointed out that the vast majority of antisemitic comments that she gets come from the left.Goldberg soldiers on, suggesting that some of the fringe characters she is citing on the right will eventually be the face of the Republican party, while glossing over the new mayor of New York City and his wife, who are now considered darlings of the Democrat left.From NewsBusters (emphasis is theirs):
On Saturday’s The Weekend: Primetime, MS NOW co-host Catherine Rampell made a stunning admission, recalling that 90 percent of the anti-Semitic hate mail she receives comes from the left. This revelation came as she made an unusual effort to provide balance during a segment focused on anti-Semitism within the Republican party.As left-leaning New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg appeared to discuss her recent article on the subject, she accused President Donald Trump of causing a surge in anti-Semitism in young Republicans:
I think that Donald Trump, you know, created this, you know, he opened the door to naked, open bigotry. He opened the door to this complete breakdown in any sense of cohesive reality. And what you see now is the fruits of that even though, in many cases, these are young men who, in a lot of ways are kind of disillusioned with Trump, you know, they think, but that hasn’t necessarily — or hasn’t for them — moved them to the left. It’s just made them even more reactionary — even more convinced that he’s just being manipulated by the Jews. And so it’s kind of made them double down on naked anti-Semitism.
After a while, Rampell jumped in to call out anti-Semitism on the left, leading to a debate between herself and Goldberg (both of whom are Jewish) about whether anti-Israel Muslims who commit terrorism against Jews in the U.S. should be considered part of the left. Rampell began:
I do want to be careful that we make clear that it’s not only in the Republican party where this is a problem. There are — there is rising anti-Semitism on the left as well. I can tell you, since I joined this network, 90 percent of the anti-Semitic comments that I get are from the left. So I do want to make sure that we are like very clear that it’s bad, whatever, whatever partisan alignment we are talking about.
Watch below and note how Goldberg waves away antisemitism from the left as mere anti-zionism.
For almost three years, since the October 7th attacks, we have documented hundreds of antisemitic incidents on college campuses that are almost exclusively from people on the left.
Michelle Goldberg is trying to rewrite history. Good on Ms. Rampell for speaking the truth.
Featured image via NewsBusters video.
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