Squadette Bush tricked by parody Gaza "Rabbi"

It's a toss-up as to who is the dumbest Democrat on the so-called Squad. Is it Alexandria Obviously-Comatose, who would rather be "morally correct than factually correct"? Is it the former congress-cretin Jamaal Bowman, who pulled a fire alarm to stop the vote on a political issue? Is it Rashida Tlaib, who has never met an Israeli she didn't despise? Is it Ilhan Omar, who had equated the United States and Israel with Hamas? Or is it the latest dolt, Cori Bush, who said she would partner with the fake "Chief Rabbi of Gaza"?

Pro Tip: there is no Chief Rabbi in Gaza, and if there had been, he or she would be extremely dead.

The make believe “Rabbi Linda Goldstein” parody Twitter account, which is run by a Jewish attorney who only uses his first name, Michael, made headlines for its engagement with political figures who did not grasp that the profile is obviously satirical.

The account recently reached out to Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO)’s team to gauge her interest in a bogus “joint fundraiser.” For Bush, it was like blood in the water and she was a hammerhead shark.

“I’ve been bouncing around different cities since my congregation was displaced from Gaza after Israel’s invasion on October 7,” Goldstein wrote to Ronika Moody, Bush’s finance and engagement director, according to exchanges seen by the New York Post. 

[H/T World Israel News]

That message should have immediately raised red flags to Cori Bush's team. There are no Jews in Gaza, dead or alive, since 2005. Every Jew that had ever lived there has been removed, including the dead. Not one, not even a Chief Rabbi.

The Bush team never researched the account, because if they had, they would have noticed a claim that said the 'Gazan congregation' built a Hannukah menorah out of missiles.

Instead, Moody continued communicating with the parody account.

“Rabbi Goldstein” suggested that Bush “travel to the Gaza border for the fundraiser” because “the optics could be incredible!”

Bush’s team replied that “Cori is interested in hosting in Gaza and it’s something she has been trying to plan. Unfortunately, we have not been successful with that opportunity as of yet.”

Maybe the fact that Israel is fighting back after Hamas attacked them on October 7th and the rocket craters make it difficult to negotiate around the area.

“Cori Bush is the perfect example of an ’empty suit’ anti-Semite – completely clueless about how the Israel-Palestine conflict works, but eager to speak up because it gives her cover to publicly hate Jews,” Michael told the New York Post.

It isn't only incompetence within her office, it's blatant stupidity and failure to vet the situation. But when there's fodder that appears to support one's prejudices, the useful idiots will attack. 

The word "prejudice" comes from the Latin word "praejudicum," where "prae" means "before," and "judicum" means "judgment." Thus, it essentially means "a judgment made in advance." It's borrowed into Middle English from the Old French "prejugé," which also has the same meaning of judgment formed beforehand without knowledge or examination of the facts. Over time, it evolved in English to refer to preconceived, often negative, judgments or beliefs about individuals or groups that lead to discrimination or biased behavior.

Anti-Semitism much?

 

Rabbi Susan Talve, a reform leader whose congregation is within Bush’s St. Louis district, told the Post that it was clear that the lawmaker was clueless about basic facts of the conflict. Hating on the Jews is the latest progressive sport, and the men just might dress up as women.

“Cori has not done her homework about anything to do with Israel and Palestine and it’s very sad,” Rabbi Talve said.

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