Democrat strongholds have the most antisemitism
by Editorial Board · The Washington TimesOPINION:
When it comes to antisemitism, Graham Platner – the presumptive Democratic Senate candidate from Maine with the Nazi tattoo – is the least of his party’s problems.
According to the just-released Anti-Defamation League report, 2025 saw a record number of physical assaults on Jews. The number of antisemitic incidents involving a deadly weapon increased 39% over the previous year.
The states with the highest levels of antisemitism overall were New York, New Jersey and California — not coincidentally, all Democratic strongholds.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who refuses to condemn the slogan “Globalize the intifada,” is the leader of the city with the largest Jewish population in the world. Since he became mayor, attacks against Jews and Jewish institutions have soared.
On May 5, a mob of more than 100 agitators, many waving Palestinian flags, tried to storm New York’s Park East Synagogue, which was hosting an Israeli real estate fair.
If the New York Police Department hadn’t set up barricades under the city’s new buffer-zone law, there might have been bloodshed. The law was passed in 2025 by a 55-5 vote of the New York City Council. Mr. Mamdani, who has dragged his feet on implementing the measure, denounced both the protest and the synagogue’s event.
The city’s first Muslim mayor says he opposes both Zionism and antisemitism. Such sophistry should be spurned. It is akin to saying one is appalled by the Holocaust but is indifferent to the fate of 46% of the world’s remaining Jews who live in Israel.
Academia, which is rife with antisemitism, is run by Democratic operatives. The Biden administration did its best to shield universities from Title VI complaints for failure to protect Jewish students. President Trump has reversed that.
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The woke wing of the Democratic Party is solidly anti-Israel, including Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, New York Democrat, and Rashida Tlaib, Michigan Democrat, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, Vermont independent.
The Democratic Party’s increasingly hostility to Israel and indifference to antisemitism has fueled pogroms such as the recent New York synagogue attack.
It falls under the broken windows theory: When cities tolerate broken windows for extended periods, it spurs crime.
When the Democratic Party is increasingly indifferent to the fate of Israel and reluctant to confront antisemitism, it is a signal to Hamas supporters to see what they can get away with in Democrat-run cities.
When Jewish Americans go to the polls in the off-year election, this should be on their minds.
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