Fox News visitor says Democrats have a ‘Jewish problem’ | EUROtoday

Hugh Hewitt, a conservative political commentator and radio host, claimed “the Democratic Party has a Jewish problem” on Monday, in response to Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s latest admission that the Harris marketing campaign requested him if he was a “double agent for Israel.”

In an excerpt of Shapiro’s upcoming memoir, printed within the New York Times on Sunday, the governor revealed that the Harris marketing campaign requested him the query and others prefer it whereas vetting him to be Vice President Kamala Harris’s operating mate.

Hewitt, who has lengthy accused Democrats of being anti-religion normally, claimed on Fox News’s “America Reports” that Shapiro’s revelation means all the Democratic Party doesn’t like Jewish folks

“It’s astonishing to me that the Democratic Party has a Jewish problem,” Hewitt mentioned, making a generalized assertion.

“They don’t like them and the left wing is ascendant in the Democratic Party and it’s a burden that the Democratic Party candidates in 2028 are going to share with Governor Shapiro.”

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In his ebook, Shapiro recounted how Harris’s workforce centered on his views of Israel. In addition to asking if he was a “double agent,” a member of the Harris workforce additionally reportedly requested the governor if he had ever “communicated with an undercover agent.”

Hewitt defined that the query a few Jewish particular person’s loyalty to Israel was a “classic trope” of the “ancient evil” – or the antisemitic conspiracy that each one Jewish individuals are allied solely to different Jewish folks and thus can’t be trusted.

The latest disclosure has shocked political commentators and lawmakers.

Democratic Rep. Josh Gottheimer mentioned if Shapiro’s recount is true, then the Harris marketing campaign ought to clarify why they requested the query.

“That kind of insinuation and targeting is antisemitism, plain and simple. No one should be judged or discriminated against because of their faith. We must do better,” Gottheimer mentioned.

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Shapiro, extensively thought of a Democratic presidential contender in 2028, says in his memoir that Harris’s workforce brushed apart his remarks in regards to the query being “offensive.”

“Well, we have to ask,” the questioner responded earlier than persevering with.

Shapiro was amongst three contenders to run alongside Harris within the election. Ultimately, Harris selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, however some political commentators questioned whether or not Shapiro was not chosen as a result of he was Jewish.

Hewitt advised “America Reports” that he believes the workforce requested Shapiro the query figuring out it might elicit a unfavorable response.

“ I think they were trying to drive Josh Shapiro off the ticket,” Hewitt theorized.