(Jewish Group) Jews were on both sides of Jan. 6. Where are they a year later?

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Chuck Schumer is ready to change the law to make voting more secure. Aaron Mostofsky is about to face the law for trying to upend the vote.

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He feared for his life not just as a senator, but as a Jewish American of prominence.

“Had one of them had a gun, had two of them blocked off the door, who knows what would have happened — one of them was reported to see me and say ‘There’s the big Jew,’” he said.

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“We assemble in a joint session for a solemn purpose we have all sworn a sacred oath to faithfully discharge,” (Jamie) Raskin said. “The 12th Amendment obligates each and every one of us to count the electoral votes, to recognize the will of the people in the 2020 presidential election. We are not here, madam speaker, to vote for the candidate we want. We are here to recognize the candidate the people actually voted for in the states.”

Within 30 minutes of Raskin’s address, the chamber was in chaos. “Lock the doors!” Members were shouting. “This is because of you!” one shouted.

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1. Great article.

Surprising, really, that anyone of Jewish identity would embrace an authoritarian figure like The-Guy-Who-Lost!

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2. While most Jews do fall on the liberal and/or democratic side of the political spectrum...

...we, as a people, like other minorities, are not monolith. Many like to firmly plant their heads in the sand or up their own asses when it comes to anti-Semitism; sadly, this includes many a Jew.