Ossoff, Warnock campaign with Dem Rep who called Jews ‘termites’

[Counselor706]

Georgia Senate Democrat candidates Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff will campaign Saturday with Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA), who in 2016 compared Israeli settlers to “termites.”

Johnson also said that “Jewish people” also frequently steal land and property from Palestinians.

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Bonus...Rep. Hank Johnson, Guam will tip over and capsize

 

[PaxNurgle]

...and Rightguide posts ANOTHER new thread, and still....

...nobody gives a shit.

Dmitri should really get a new hobby.

 

[domroger]

Truth hurts .

 

[YDB95]

Johnson apologised for those comments years ago - something I couldn't imagine Trump doing in my wildest imagination.

 

[phrodeau]

They might just pick up some Trump supporters. He

 

[Champakian]

Hank is a piece of work who avoids islands. They might tip over. Just add Marines.

 

[Champakian]

What do political apologies mean? Contrition or I got caught?

 

[Champakian]

And do those ideas go away? Do they just learn to hide them?
It is always assumed that a Democrat is the former.
It is always assumed that a Republican is the latter.
I think both sides have their share of ignorant haters.
(D) Hank is one of them. A pig with lipstick.

 

[Tim2run]

Johnson apologised for those comments years ago - something I couldn't imagine Trump doing in my wildest imagination.

Why is it that when a Democrat apologizes, the issue is dead, but for a Republican, no apology is ever sufficient, because you "know" what they mean, feel and think?

 

[phrodeau]

And after he’s gone, we can vilify everyone who attends his funeral.

 

[Lazaran]

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The guy isn't very good with analogies and metaphors, but he was spot on with the rationale behind his comments.

The comment about Israeli settlements is actually fairly apt. I see nothing anti-Semitic in the statement. Israel's large settlement structures even resemble termite mounds in some respects, and once termite mounds are constructed they're quite difficult to remove. If Israel wasn't behaving like an invasive species there would be no reason to make such a comparison.

Territorial creep is a real thing when it comes to Israel's expansion into Palestinian lands.

 

[YDB95]

Why is it that when a Democrat apologizes, the issue is dead, but for a Republican, no apology is ever sufficient, because you "know" what they mean, feel and think?

1. More often than not, there is no apology on the Republican's part.
2. The reason why we know what they mean is that they tend to go on saying the same thing over and over again, even if they phrase it more carefully. You don't get to just point to an earlier apology if you don't stop the offending behaviour.

And the issue isn't always dead when a Democrat apologises. Ask Al Franken.