Senate rejects anti-Semite ambassador pick by Biden

On Thursday morning, the Senate voted not to advance the Biden administration's anti-Semitic nominee for US Ambassador to Brazil. This came less than a day after the nominee's comments about her past remarks about  "the influence of the Jewish lobby and its "major money" were made. Like Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, Elizabeth Frawley Bagley thinks "it's all about the Benjamins" where Jews are concerned. [H/T Washington Free Beacon]

Bagley [her friends call her "Bag Lady"] is a Democratic Party insider and diplomat that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee rejected by a party-line vote of 11 - 11, although she was expected to clear the committee in spite of her anti-Semitic past, and advance to a full Senate confirmation vote. But alas, her comments about the Jewish community have likely galvanized Republican opposition, while Democrats would apparently vote for Hitler if he was a Democrat.

The Free Beacon‘s revelation of Bagley’s hateful remarks stunned GOP members of the committee, according to one senior congressional Republican staffer working on the matter.

“The Biden admin knew that Democrats would fall into line, but once Republicans read the things she had said, no one was going to vote for her,” the source said.

It seems that the GOP has problems with racism while the Democrats only use it as a word to club people who think differently than them.

Bagley’s comments about Jewish money in politics were widely condemned as anti-Semitic and raised concerns among members of both parties. Bagley’s nomination is now in limbo, with Democrats no longer having the Republican support needed to push her through to a full vote in the Senate, angering Omar and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) who hates Jews as much as the next "Squadette."

“Brazil is an extremely important ally to the United States in South America and in the Western Hemisphere, and we share common values and ideals—especially with regard to respect of religious freedoms and democratic ideals,” Sen. James Risch (R-ID), the committee’s ranking member, said in a statement.

“Unfortunately, Ms. Bagley’s statements in a 1998 interview insinuating that Jewish and Cuban Americans’ motivations and voting practices are based on ‘major money’ and ‘radical’ opposition to the Castro regime fly in the face of those shared values. For this reason, I could not support her nomination.”

Hopefully this will solidify the Cuban and Jewish vote for the GOP, but don't count on it.

Bagley, in a 1998 interview, lamented “the influence of the Jewish lobby because there is major money involved.”

She claimed that “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.” Support for Israel-related issues are mainly due to “the Jewish factor, it’s money,” Bagley said.

The interview was conducted by an historian at the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training for an oral history project.

“There is always the influence of the Jewish lobby because there is major money involved,” Bagley said in the interview.

Claims that American Jews and pro-Israel advocates nefariously manipulate politicians into supporting the Jewish state have long been considered anti-Semitism, mainly because they are and they are lies.

The Simon Wiesenthal Center, a watchdog group that combats anti-Semitism, called on alleged President Joe Biden to withdraw Bagley’s nomination over her anti-Semitic comments.

Bagley “must remove herself from consideration to represent the American people in Brazil. If she doesn’t, the president or secretary of state should,” the organization tweeted on Thursday.

When asked about these remarks during a May 18 confirmation hearing with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Bagley said they were the result of a “free-flowing discussion” with the interviewer, which indicates that they weren't rehearsed and much more probable as to Bagley's real sentiments about "those Jews and all their Jew money and Jew influence," I suspect.

“I regret that you would think that it was a problem,” Bagley said at the time in her defense. “I certainly didn’t mean anything by it. It was a poor choice of words, but it was something that the interviewer had asked me, prompted by something about politics.”

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Democrats during the hearing expressed concern about Bagley’s anti-Semitic rhetoric.

“The language you used in regard to the Jewish community, Israel’s influence on our election, and Jewish money have me concerned,” Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) said during the hearing. “The choice of words … fit into the traditional tropes of anti-Semitism.”

Gee, ya think?

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