NJ-05: Josh Gottheimer takes on Hasan Piker, accuses Democrats of double standard on antisemitism

[RandySF]

Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) alleged that his party has a double standard when it comes to antisemitism in a Sunday opinion piece for The New York Times.

“Across the Democratic Party’s ideological spectrum, right-wing hate is consistently condemned. Today, too many Democrats are noticeably and shamefully silent when antisemitism comes from the far left — at a moment when the Anti-Defamation League is reporting a surge of antisemitic incidents in the past three years. It’s a glaring double standard,” Gottheimer wrote in his opinion piece.

“Consider the response to — really, the embrace of — Hasan Piker, a prominent left-wing commentator with millions of online followers. He referred to Orthodox Jews as ‘inbred’ and said ‘America deserved 9/11,’ both statements he halfheartedly walked back,” he added.

Gottheimer also added in his piece that Piker “said that Hamas — a designated terrorist organization that has killed Americans and taken Americans hostage — is ‘a thousand times better’ than Israel, America’s ally, which he called a ‘fascist settler colonial apartheid state.’”



https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5872746-democratic-party-antisemitism-double-standard/

[Cha]

1. Yes, it is.. and FO to the GD Asshole Piker.

Also said it didn't matter that the Jewish women were raped on Oct 7, 2023. And they were butchered and murdered.

Yes, in a [recent] stream, popular Twitch streamer Hasan Piker was documented saying, "it doesn't matter if [bleep] rapes happened on October 7th. Like that doesn't change the dynamic for me even this much

Mahalo for exposing Piker, Rep, Josh Gottheimer

[MichMan]

2. Piker has been appearing at campaign stops for several Democratic candidates

[Cha]

3. Yes, I've read. nt.

[Buzz cook]

4. Hippie punching.

If you go back 25 years you'll find posts talking about blow back. Meaning of course that the US armed and trained the Mujahedin, including the Taliban and by extension Al Qaeda.
Given the context that was what Piker meant.
Is Hamas better than Israel? Well it is Israel committing genocide and the body count of innocent victims flipped to the Israeli side before that year ended.

We've had a fun year and a half as Jewish college students are called antisemitic for protesting that genocide and universities being extorted by this administration for allowing those protests.

Whatever Hasan Piker's faults the evidence of him being antisemitic are very selective.

[RandySF]

5. "He referred to Orthodox Jews as 'inbred'"

How is anyone who says that not and antisemite?

[Buzz cook]

16. Sure would like the context of that.

And I think we should compare that to his total output.

[RandySF]

17. He's a pig.

There's no context that justifies that. If a Nazi SS officer gave to charity, he was still a Nazi.

[EdmondDantes_]

6. Piker really needs to go away.

Even if you agree with some of his talk about Israel being bad, siding with Hamas and saying rapes don't matter should be disqualifying as being in reasonable public affairs.

[mcar]

7. He's not wrong

Piker is nothing but trouble.

[Eko]

8. Hasan is trash and doesnt represent the Democratic party at all.

Anyone running for office using him on their campaign should lose badly and go away. All that being said the Democratic party does a good job calling out antisemitism and this Rep is wrong.

[Eko]

9. He has also taken more from AIPAC that anyone else in NJ.

[RandySF]

10. Doesn't make him wrong.

[Eko]

11. I see 2 million reasons why he might be wrong.

[Eko]

14. Do you support this?

(Josh Gottheimer) introducing a bill to help states, local governments, and asset managers fight back against the politically-motivated boycott of Israel.
https://gottheimer.house.gov/posts/release-gottheimer-to-travel-to-israel-discuss-joint-security-efforts-with-americas-vital-ally
Shouldn't people have the right to boycott whoever they want? Isn't being against that anti-Democratic?

[RandySF]

15. No but they are two seperate issues.

He can be wrong on one and right on the other.

[Eko]

19. That's true,

But I think someone who supports Israel so much they are willing to take away your freedom to boycott doesn't deserve the benefit of the doubt but deserves scrutiny and doubt in whatever they say. I mean really, the guy supports Israel so much he put forward a bill to curtail Americans freedoms. I dont have to wonder what side he is on.

[sakabatou]

12. Hey, Piker, have you been abusing more animals again?

[Cha]

18. Asshole Piker is a Fu'cking Big "problem"