Israel First CANT STOP CRYING After Getting DEFEATED By Zohran
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Takeaways
- ❖Zohran Mamdani-endorsed candidates, who are critical of Israel, won all their New York Democratic primary races.
- ❖Incumbent Representative Dan Goldman, a strong pro-Israel advocate, lost his primary to Brad Lander, who accused Israel of genocide.
- ❖Another incumbent, Representative Andreano Espilot, a steadfast Israel supporter, was defeated by Daria Liza Aila Shavelier, a pro-Palestinian activist.
- ❖A CBS News poll cited by the hosts indicated 78% of Americans want to end the conflict in Iran, which the hosts immediately linked to Israel losing American public support.
- ❖A Pew survey found 80% of Democratic voters have an unfavorable view of Israel, and 52% of Jewish Democrats in New York believe Israel committed genocide in Gaza.
- ❖The Israel lobby, including APAC's United Democracy Project, spent over $25 million in these races, often using "dark money" to conceal donors, but failed to secure wins for their preferred candidates.
- ❖The hosts argue that equating anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism is a tactic used by pro-Israel advocates to shut down criticism and is increasingly rejected by the public.
Insights
1Democratic Voter Shift on Israel
A significant majority of Democratic voters (80% per Pew survey) and 52% of Jewish Democrats in New York hold unfavorable views of Israel or believe it committed genocide in Gaza, leading to electoral defeats for pro-Israel incumbents.
A recent Pew survey found that a whopping 80% of Democratic voters have an unfavorable view of Israel. Israel is a foreign country. Okay? Israel is not our mommy. Israel is not our daddy. Israel is not our responsibility. Israel is a foreign entity. So it is not in any way, shape or form offensive to say that we should move further away from Israel. In fact, I think the safety, the security, and the future of our country literally depends on it. Now, to equate that with anti-semitism, [snorts] that tells you everything you need to know about Dan Goldman and what his actual priorities are, and I'm glad he lo he last he lost last night. Now before the election took place, Goldman had an interview with uh BAS as I mentioned earlier. This is a Jewish paper uh and he said some interesting things. He says, "I think the stakes are quite high in my district which with uh which will have an impact. I think more broadly there's been in New York City a very aggressive move to the extreme left and it has included a dramatic turn towards anti-Israel views and anti-semitism." You have to keep in mind that the majority of Jewish voters casted their ballots for Zoran Mandani and that was seen as an increase an explosion of anti-semitism in the city which should blow your mind. That is a ridiculous claim. Further, Representative Dan Goldman says, "What I think is at stake is whether the Democratic Party is going to continue to abandon support for the country of Israel. I hope so. and whether there's an actual path forward for the Democratic party to openly support anti-semitism. No, I don't think so. I reject anti-semitism. And you're intentionally equating the two. And uh guess what? Jokes's on you. The people of New York didn't buy your BS. The voters in the 10th district didn't buy your BS. It's just so pathetic. Anyway, now we should actually go to a video featuring Lander himself so you get a sense of who he really is and what he really represents. Take a look. If you had to distill it down, though, where do you think establishment and incumbent Democratic candidates went wrong here? I mean, I think a few places. First, people taking money from corporate packs, from Wall Street and private equity and crypto and AI and APAC. Voters are done with that. that they can see through it. Second, we need to fight harder for working families against Trump, of course, but also for the billionaires and bullies and rigged system that empower him. Um, and we can't be a party that compromises on some people's humanity. Democratic voters are saying loud and clear they don't want to pay for any more of Netanyahu's wars. Um, and they need that change in the party based. And guess what? that message resonated with voters in New York's 10th district. And so, uh, bye-bye Goldman, you're done. But, uh, it looks like the Democratic voters are in fact ready to abandon Israel, at least in New York, because there were other races that involved Mamani endorsements. And those who were endorsed by Mdani, those who rejected influence from the Israel lobby, were the ones who did in fact win. Assemblywoman Claire Valdez defeated Brooklyn Burough President Antonio Rhynoso in the seventh district for that house seat. Uh now, Assembly Me uh woman Claire Valdez uh you know, much like uh you're going to notice with the trend here was not pushing for support for Israel, was not taking pro-Israel uh money or money from the Israel lobby. Uh then you also had and this one's even more uh aggressive if you ask me. You have Daria Liza Aila Shavelier who is a doctoral student who had joined the pro Palestinian protests at Colombia University. She won her race for New York's 13th district. Now she defeated Representative Andreano uh Espilot uh who was a pretty steadfast supporter of Israel in his decade in Congress. And it appears that that did cost him and I'm happy to see it. So at Aila uh at at Aila Shiovar's uh victory party on Tuesday night in Harlem, supporters chanted free Palestine while she pushed her campaign's babies not bombs slogan. She suggested in her victory speech that her win represented a shift in how Democrats in New York would operate. And guys, even if you're not really invested in these particular races, and I got to be honest with you, I'm not. These are the people of New York. They get to decide who they want representing them. Their leadership, sure, tangentially some extent will have an impact on us depending on how they vote for federal policies. But what really stands out to me about the outcome of these particular races is the fact that you had two incumbents voted out, Democratic incumbents who are loyalists to Israel. And that communicates something pretty big to other candidates and other incumbents in the Democratic party. When that Pew Research survey shows that 80% of Democratic voters have an unfavorable view toward Israel, that really means something. And typically, we don't see much of a response by our elected leaders, our lawmakers, when we very clearly communicate to them what we want and what we don't want. And so come election time, that's when we get to make some changes, but the changes are usually made during the primaries. You can't just wait till the general. Usually, if you wait till the general, you have two crappy options and you don't end up winning anything. So, you have to get involved in the primaries to ensure that you have the best possible candidate to vote for once it goes to the general. Now, the Israel lobby has been spending pretty big on these races, as you could imagine. So, the main super PAC tied to Apac, known as the United Democracy Project, has spent more than $25 million so far this year in addition to at least $5 million it had funneled to create new super PACs and they are doing that in order to kind of conceal Apac's money. The group started the year with more than $96 million, making it one of the best funded packs in the country. But luckily in this particular case, they weren't really able to make much of a difference. New York is just built different, I guess. Now, we should talk a little bit about the Zionist freakout because it was vast and entertaining and uh we should have a little fun with it. So, let's get into it. The fact that anti-Zionist Zoran Mamdani backed candidates won their primary races in New York last night should come as no surprise to you if you've been keeping track on where the sentiment is among Democratic voters in regard to our relationship with Israel. Now, Democratic voters are rejecting pro-Zionist candidates and uh last night in New York was a really great example of that. In fact, Harry Anton has more. in general. How has their thinking changed on Israel? Yeah. Okay. So, why are we seeing this right now in the cash prediction markets? Well, it's part of a broader national picture, right? I I mean, just look at the change over the past few years. You know, you go back to late 2023 who demoter sympathized more with. It was basically an even split, but perhaps slightly more with the Israelis than the Palestinians, 34% to 31%. Look at this Israeli percentage though, down through the ground. Look at this. Now, just 16%. This Palestinian percentage about doubled. The percentage of Democrats who say they sympathize more with the Palestinians has about doubled in just two and a half years. Look at that. From 31% to now the clear majority of Democrats now say they sympathize more with the Palestinians than the Israelis. A 60% to 16%. So a three-point spread in favor of Israel has become what? A 44 point spread in favor of the Palestinians. And even among Jewish Democrats, the majority of Jewish Democrats say yes. 52% do believe that Israel committed genocide in Gaza compared to just 39% who say no. Did you hear that? That last part especially 52% of Jewish people in New York believe that Israel has committed a genocide in Gaza. Okay. So the next time some Zionist freak accuses you of being an anti-semite, do they think 52% of Jews in New York are anti-semites? Of course they don't. The intentional conflation of the Zionist project with the Jewish population worldwide is one of the most disgusting and genuinely anti-semitic things I have witnessed and seen because they are using American Jews as human shields for their treachery. for their war crimes, for their slaughter campaigns. Lumping innocent people in with that project simply because they are of Jewish identity is disgusting. But anyway, let's uh talk about all the losers who are freaking out about this. Uh starting with Sean Hannity, who honestly after the election results last night, it really did seem like he was on the verge of tears. He's literally choking up in this clip. Take a look. Incumbent Congressman Dan Goldman, who was just banned from a New York City coffee shop because of his support for Israel. He has now lost his primary to a radical socialist backed by Mum Donnie. It appears that, you know, a pretty scary transformation is now fully underway in the Democratic party, especially in a blue state like New York. Backed by mom. Donnie, you going to be okay? You're going to be all right. It's going to be okay. You're a multi-millionaire, okay? You're going to be fine. Mark Leavvin, of course, Mark Levvin was uh actually Mark Leavvin was Mark Leavvin. I mean, it's not really much different from his usual speed, if you will. I warned that mom daddy was more than a cancer in New York. A cancer in New York. Nice. uh that he'd be the hub for expanding the Marxist Islamist revolution throughout the country. That's the plan and it's working. H how do you guys feel about the Marxist Islamist revolution that's uh making way here in the United States? I just total delusions. Total delusions. Speaking of which, uh, then you have Ben Shapiro, who I, look, let me just decode this for you because he likes to use the word America, but he really means Israel. He can't say Israel. He can't write Israel, but that's what he really means. Here's what he said last night. Last night, a bunch of candidates who literally despise America, he means Israel, one in New York City. establishment dems who live in fear of their radicalized base will cave to them by 2028. People who hate the country of Israel and wish to destroy it could be in charge. Because here's the thing about Ben Shapiro. He hasn't explained to us what is it about these candidates who won that makes you think they hate America. What have they said that's anti-America? They've said things that are anti-Israel. There's no question about that. Which is why you're using the wrong country in your post. But since I'm calling you out on it, I could be wrong. Ben, what have they said that's anti-America? Nothing. Right. The only criticism of a country that they've uttered has to do with a foreign country, the foreign country of Israel, who has dragged the United States into wars that we are now experiencing quagmire in when it comes to Iran. We've spent $8 trillion fighting Israel's wars in the Middle East. We have shelled out over $330 billion to Israel in the form of welfare, military aid. You hate America, Ben. You You prove it every day. Every single day. You tell the American people that they are not deserving of things like Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, programs that our hard-earned dollars are paid into. by the way. But Israel deserves limitless welfare. Limitless. Limitless. You hate the country, Ben. It is abundantly clear. And luckily, the majority of your audience realized it, which is why they left your show. [sighs and gasps] But uh Shapiro went on to claim that Brad Lander, who happens to be Jewish, isn't a real Jew. Take a look. We'll loudly proclaim that he is Jewish. He is Jewish only in the sense that he was born into a Jewish family. He has no relationship with Judaism. He has no relationship with the Torah. He has no relationship with Israel. He has no relationship with anything of importance to Jews. He calls himself a Jew that he doesn't have to call himself a white guy. That's all. Brad Lander is the worst sort of human being for doing this sort of thing. And standing on the fact that you were born into a Jewish family in order to side with people who hate Jews is an amazing amazing feat of moral depravity. I think Ben Shapiro is a disgrace to the Jewish identity. I think he's a disgrace because what he represents is endless slaughter, destabilization of sovereign countries, uh the redistribution of wealth from the American people to the Israeli state. That's what Ben represents. That's what Ben is. He is a disgrace to the Jewish identity. and to run around and pretend to be the arbiter of who is and isn't worthy of the Jewish identity as a Jewish person yourself is pretty gross. Oh, oh, he's just not the right kind of Jew, so we reject him. We purge him. You want to see? This is what I mean when I say that Zionists tend to be some of the most anti-Semitic people on the planet. Not only because they love the slaughter of Semites in the Middle East, Arabs being Semites themselves, but also because they can't help but smear the hell out of the global Jewish population by making it appear as though the Zionist project is synonymous with Jewish identity. It's not. And the idea that Ben gets to reject someone's Jewish identity because they're not adequately bloodthirsty for Arab lives to be slaughtered in the Middle East or Muslims lives to be slaughtered in the Middle East is gross. It's gross and I'm sick of it. I'm done with it. It should be called out aggressively. Let's go to Elise Stefonic who's a total clown. total clown has taken half a million dollars from you know the according to Apac tracker has taken half a million dollars from Apac. She responded to the election results by saying that Gotham has fallen. The mass exodus of the New York will continue a pace uh will continue a pace. I call it the blue exodus. Last night's sweep of Marxist socialist candidates will further destroy New York City. The virulent anti-semitism in these socialist campaigns is dangerous not only to Jews, but to every American. No doubt it. No, you are dangerous to Americans. You're dangerous to Americans, You take our money and you send it over to a country that's committing genocide and land theft. You're dangerous. You're dangerous. pouring yourself out to a foreign country. You have the audacity to fearmonger about red-blooded Americans winning their elections in New York. Okay, I'll give you one last one. I know we're supposed to have fun with this and I'm getting mad. Megan McCain, who she says this to my beautiful Jewish friends in America, we love you. You are not alone. We are just as freaked out as you are and see with clear eyes exactly what is happening. What about ugly Jewish friends? Are are they going to be okay? Everyone's going to be okay. The United States doesn't feel like it at the moment, but it's supposed to be a sovereign country. and more and more Americans, certainly a majority of Democratic voters, are waking up to the fact that we haven't been um acting like a sovereign country. We'd like that to change. We would like to live in a world where we don't feel like we have blood in our hands because we support a genocidal foreign country. So hopefully we're going to see more of this because we need to get the Zionists out. And yeah, I said it. We need to get the Zionists out. I will not vote for a single candidate. Not by any circumstance, okay? If they are a supporter of Israel, I am a single issue voter moving forward until we get all of these people out. That's the kind of energy I'm bringing. Otherwise, what's the point? Oh, you're going to pretend like you're going to provide better health care. No, you're not. You're not going to do jack. You're going to send our resources to your favorite country and screw us over and we're done with it. So, um, keep having your meltdowns online. I promise you, I'm fully enjoying it and there is more to come. Every time you ring the bell below, an angel gets his wings. Totally not true, but it does keep you updated on our live shows.
2Failure of Pro-Israel Lobby's "Dark Money" Influence
Despite significant spending (over $25 million by United Democracy Project, tied to APAC), the pro-Israel lobby failed to prevent the defeat of their favored candidates in key New York primary races.
The Israel lobby has been spending pretty big on these races, as you could imagine. So, the main super PAC tied to Apac, known as the United Democracy Project, has spent more than $25 million so far this year in addition to at least $5 million it had funneled to create new super PACs and they are doing that in order to kind of conceal Apac's money. The group started the year with more than $96 million, making it one of the best funded packs in the country. But luckily in this particular case, they weren't really able to make much of a difference. New York is just built different, I guess.
3Rejection of "Anti-Semitism" Smear Tactic
Attempts by pro-Israel figures like Josh Gottheimer and Ben Shapiro to label criticism of Israel or anti-Zionism as anti-Semitic are increasingly seen as disingenuous and are losing their effectiveness with voters.
Swap Apac for Jews and it's the oldest anti-Semitic conspiracy theory in the books... That's laundering anti-semitism from your podium as mayor... The intentional conflation of the Zionist project with the Jewish population worldwide is one of the most disgusting and genuinely anti-semitic things I have witnessed and seen because they are using American Jews as human shields for their treachery. for their war crimes, for their slaughter campaigns. Lumping innocent people in with that project simply because they are of Jewish identity is disgusting.
Lessons
- Engage in primary elections to support candidates who align with your values, as these races often determine the viable options for general elections.
- Consider signing the "notanotherdollar.com" pledge to avoid voting for politicians who accept money from APAC or the Israeli lobby, advocating for American sovereignty over foreign influence.
- Challenge the conflation of anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism by differentiating between criticism of a foreign government/lobby and prejudice against Jewish people.
Notable Moments
Zohran Mamdani's Unapologetic Stance: Mamdani refused to retract his statements about APAC's "dark money" and "monsters," instead reiterating his concerns about the status quo, children being killed, and the lobby's role in preventing safety in the region.
This moment highlights a politician's willingness to stand firm against pressure from powerful lobbies and media backlash, potentially inspiring others to do the same.
Ben Shapiro's "Not a Real Jew" Claim: Ben Shapiro asserted that Brad Lander, a Jewish candidate who criticized Israel, is "Jewish only in the sense that he was born into a Jewish family" and has "no relationship with Judaism" or "Israel."
This illustrates the extreme rhetoric used by some pro-Israel advocates to delegitimize Jewish critics of Israel, and the hosts frame it as an example of anti-Semitism within Zionism itself.
Quotes
"Israel's supporters were secretly funneling millions of dollars to buy off American politicians. But if you actually point that out accurately, you're stoking violence."
"The intentional conflation of the Zionist project with the Jewish population worldwide is one of the most disgusting and genuinely anti-semitic things I have witnessed and seen because they are using American Jews as human shields for their treachery."
"What do you say to those who are concerned that the language you used is dangerous? Now, I want to be very clear. We're talking about a status quo where children are being killed on a daily basis."
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