• clover [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    oh wow first gen z congressman!

    Wait a minute

    Pro-Palestine position reversal controversy

    In early August 2022, the Jewish news website Jewish Insider published a candidate questionnaire from Frost's congressional campaign that marked a sudden reversal in Frost's foreign policy positions on Israel and Palestine.[25] Frost had formerly participated in pro-Palestine activism, but in the questionnaire he distanced himself from his past while declaring an aggressive stance against the BDS movement, calling for unconditional military aid to Israel, and stating his opposition to anti-Zionism.[23] His campaign later released a position paper that formalized these new pro-Israel positions.[22][25]

    Progressive groups have since lambasted Frost for "abandoning Palestine on his way to the Democratic primary victory",[26] while his former pro-Palestine activist colleagues have accused him of deceitfully using pro-Palestine "organizing success as a stepping stool to become anti-Palestinian" and engaging in a bait-and-switch as vote by mail ballots for the primary election had already been cast before his shift in policy positions.[10][26]

    :doomjak:

      • cawsby [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        AIPAC is willing to play both in the primary and general, and Democratic leadership isn't pushing back.

    • Flinch [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      If I got rug-pulled into voting for a zionist like that I'd be :the-plan: :the-doohickey: