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Just how badly do Senate Democrats — and Presidentish Joe Biden — want to make it official that they’re The Official Party of Violent Antisemitism™? Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and his oh-so-slender majority are going to help us find out.
TheHouseonWednesdaypassedRep.MikeLawler’s(R-N.Y.)AntisemitismAwarenessActonedayafterpoliceclearedoutapro-HamasoccupationatColumbiaUniversity.
AccordingtoJustTheNews,thebill“seekstomaketheDepartmentofEducationadopttheInternationalHolocaustRemembranceAlliance’sdefinitionofantisemitismwhenenforcingthe1964CivilRightsActoncollegecampuses.”TheAlliance’sdefinitionisalittlebroadformytaste,andcertainaspectsmightnotpassConstitutionalmuster:
Thegroupdefinesantisemitismas“acertainperceptionofJews,whichmaybeexpressedashatredtowardJews”andsays“RhetoricalandphysicalmanifestationsofantisemitismaredirectedtowardJewishornon-Jewishindividualsand/ortheirproperty,towardJewishcommunityinstitutionsandreligiousfacilities.”
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