Where were you when they took the economy down with tariffs, when they took the economy down by threatening it so consumer confidence drops. Where were you?”
“How many things are going on before we answer the question, as it says in Hebrew, hineni. Hineni. Behold, Lord, here I am,” he said.
Shortly afterward, Booker invited a comment from Sen. Jacky Rosen, who is Jewish and represents Nevada, where his mother lives. Booker praised Rosen as having had “one of the hardest jobs in all of the United States, which is to be president of a shul,” before listening to her comment.
After hearing from her, he added a yellow ribbon pin symbolizing the plight of the Israeli hostages in Gaza to his lapel.
Overall I tend to like Booker (though he’s done some goofy things) and I dunno if grandstanding for a record amount of time actually is “good trouble” as he proclaims, and I know he’s generally very involved with the Jewish community around Newark, but it’s always a little odd when non-Jews do this kinda thing. I think it just feels a bit performative to be referential to a faith that isn’t yours.
Pro genocide speeches are a tad different than “being involved with the Jewish community”.
Yeah, that part fucking sucks. But he’s a Democrat, what do you expect?
Usually Biblical Zionism is reserved for the Republicans