Virginia Delegate Sam Rasoul, whose family was displaced by Israel, wrote about the ‘evils’ of Zionism, prompting a flurry of attacks from Tim Kaine, Abigail Spanberger, and other party colleagues.

Virginia Delegate Sam Rasoul, whose family was displaced by Israel, wrote about the ‘evils’ of Zionism, prompting a flurry of attacks from Tim Kaine, Abigail Spanberger, and other party colleagues.

  • phutatorius@lemmy.zip
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    18 hours ago

    because the language means one thing to him, but a very different thing to some people who are reading it, and so they objected

    Or they’re acting in bad faith.

    • PhilipTheBucket@piefed.socialEnglish
      2·
      14 hours ago

      Certainly possible, most politicians are, I think. I was just saying that you wouldn’t have to be some nutty apartheid-supporter to look at Rasoul’s statement and have some objections to it.