Biden antisemitism envoy nominee faces GOP criticism at confirmation hearing

Leftist Deborah Lipstadt has been nominated by the Biden Administration as it’s envoy to combat anti-Semitism in America. Unfortunately, Lipstadt personifies the worst of America’s Jewish leaders. She defames friends of the Jewish people as racists, if she disagrees with them politically. All while giving anti-Semites from her own political camp a pass. It is because of “leaders” like Lipstadt that anti-Semitism in America has reached record levels.

Related – ZOA: Deborah Lipstadt – Who Called Trump an “Antisemitic Enabler” & Compared Him to Nazis – is a Divisive, Partisan, Wrong Choice for Antisemitism Envoy

Biden antisemitism envoy nominee faces GOP criticism at confirmation hearing

Sens. Rubio and Johnson raise old tweet by Deborah Lipstadt calling out Republicans for bigotry; Holocaust scholar insists she speaks out against both sides of the aisle

By TOI, February 16, 2022

US President Joe Biden’s nominee for special envoy to combat and monitor antisemitism Deborah Lipstadt vowed to speak out against antisemitism, regardless of the political affiliation of its origin, as she came under attack from Republican lawmakers during her Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday for old tweets in which she sounded off against racism in the GOP.

Lipstadt’s hearing had been delayed for months by Republicans, who were put off by her past comments and partisan affiliations. But pressure to hold the session, particularly from Jewish groups across the political spectrum, rose in recent weeks following the hostage standoff last month at a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, where a gunman held four worshipers hostage, convinced Jews were powerful enough to free an infamous terror convict being held at a US federal prison nearby.

Lipstadt, a well-known Holocaust scholar, began her opening statement by reciting a Hebrew blessing thanking God “who frees the captives.”

She asserted that the Colleyville standoff was “not an isolated incident” and that attacks targeting Jews are on the rise.

The Holocaust scholar lauded the Senate decision to elevate the position of antisemitism envoy to the rank of ambassador, demonstrating the seriousness with which the US takes the topic. Notably though, the purview of the post only allows the envoy to address antisemitism abroad and not within US borders.

Lipstadt is best known to the wider public for her appearance in a landmark British legal case in which she fought a libel suit brought by Holocaust denier David Irving. That experience was portrayed by superstar actor Rachel Weisz in the Hollywood feature film “Denial.”

She mentioned the experience among three “life-changing moments” during which she “confronted real-world antisemitism,” qualifying her for the post.

“If confirmed, I shall fight antisemitism worldwide, without fear or favor, and with that one goal emblazoned before me to make a difference,” she said.

She was then pressed by Republican Senator Marco Rubio over her old tweets.

Lipstadt acknowledged that she should not tweet “in the middle of the night” and that her posts “have sometimes not been as nuanced… as I like.”

However, she argued that when viewed “holistically,” her record shows criticism of members of her own Democratic Party. Lipstadt accused Rep. Ilhan Omar of engaging in antisemitic tropes after she suggested that pro-Israel Americans have allegiances to a foreign country in 2019. Omar has since apologized.

Lipstadt also said Tuesday that her criticisms never descended to personal attacks.

Republican Senator Ron Johnson did not accept her assertion, however, and insisted that Lipstadt’s public criticism of him had crossed a line and disqualified her for the position of antisemitism envoy.

Last March, Lipstadt tweeted an article about a statement Johnson made in which he said he would have been more concerned by the January 6 insurrection had the rioters been “Black Lives Matter and Antifa protesters” as opposed to Trump supporters. Lipstadt wrote, “This is white supremacy/nationalism. Pure and simple.”

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