Dan Senor
Here is an interview with @davidhogg111, who was just elected as a vice-chair of the @DNC. The interview took place in October, just after Sinwar was killed. Democrats reportedly have been having an informal internal debate over the past 3 months on a range of issues, including Israel. One would have hoped that a Democrat with the moral clarity of leaders like @RitchieTorres & @JohnFetterman would be in ascendancy, rather than the ‘both sides’ & ‘Hamas is evil, BUT…’ framing that is absurdly prevalent in response to questions about 10/07. This is especially maddening after last week’s decision by the Senate Democratic Leadership to sink the ICC sanctions bill. Watch the Hogg interview below.
Eric Abbenante
Bill Maher sets David Hogg straight about his anti-Israel views: Bill Maher: "But certainly since October 7th of last year was that it's a place [Harvard] where a lot of people go to get stupid. This week the Israelis finally got Sinwar, the head of Hamas. Would this be a day of mourning for people you knew there?" David Hogg: "I think October 7th was awful, but simultaneously, I think what's happening every day to Palestinian civilians is unacceptable at the same time. And it's possible it's possible to hold both those things." Ultimately, I'm glad that my generation knows that what the current course that we've been on of just enabling the government of Ben Gvir, the government of Netanyahu that was being protested by the Israeli people leading up to October 7th, just acting like, well, they're not again, they're not against they're not against this policy of of prosecuting this war to the end. Bill Maher: "You mentioned Israel wanted a two state solution from the beginning. They gave Gaza back. It wasn't theirs. They weren't running it. What did they do when they had their own state? Gaza was a Palestinian state. They just used it to attack Israel. That's that's why it's so frustrating when people say, well, let's let's just have a cease fire. The best time ever to ever have a ceasefire is right after Israel gets attacked." David Hogg's silence is what happens when someone in a bubble is challenged on their opinions for the first time.