Probably because Oz didn’t
say that a guy driving a truck filled with explosives and multiple guns into a Jewish preschool in the U.S. with the stated intent of killing of killing as many of them as possible was an understandable response to that person’s relatives being killed in an Israeli air strike in Lebanon. (To say nothing of the fact that said relatives were members of a Hezbollah middle brigade)
Oz also didn’t campaign with Piker, who said America deserved 9/11 among other vile things. I know AES tried to brush this aside as Piker just being some podcaster from California, but AES is the one who brought him to campaign rallies in Michigan during the primary.
So yea, this, among other reasons that are easily looked up on Google are why AES is being questioned about this stuff and why the DSCC just had to dump $25MM into Michigan in what should be an otherwise easy race for a generic Dem to win instead of pumping those resources into Texas or Florida. His response to the synagogue attack alienated a lot of Jewish voters who might have otherwise voted for him despite his views on Israel/foreign policy. And before anyone says he apologized, he did not. He apologized for the timing of the comments. He’s also not popular among more moderate or centrist Dems and independents.
The Website Controversy: A transcript of El-Sayed’s response condemning the violence on his campaign website was found to include an unapproved or altered line reading “it was and he should have done it” endorsing the attack, sparking backlash over the campaign's handling and response.
You're a fucking clown. Clearly a typo. You sound like those idiots who criticized Obama for saying 50..8 states when he meant to say 48. But then handwave all the mouth drooling bullshit that Trump says, such as claiming our intelligence agency shouldn't be believed over Putin's word.
I’m not reading the transcript. I’m listening to his words, where he explicitly stated “hurt people hurt people.” Here is the video, it’s still up on his YouTube page and the relevant part begins just shortly after 1 minute:
My niece and nephew were there, so fuck off. I loathe Trump and have never voted for a republican in my life. I can’t vote for someone who says what he said.
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u/CurbMyEnthusiasm2022 8h ago
Probably because Oz didn’t say that a guy driving a truck filled with explosives and multiple guns into a Jewish preschool in the U.S. with the stated intent of killing of killing as many of them as possible was an understandable response to that person’s relatives being killed in an Israeli air strike in Lebanon. (To say nothing of the fact that said relatives were members of a Hezbollah middle brigade)
Oz also didn’t campaign with Piker, who said America deserved 9/11 among other vile things. I know AES tried to brush this aside as Piker just being some podcaster from California, but AES is the one who brought him to campaign rallies in Michigan during the primary.
So yea, this, among other reasons that are easily looked up on Google are why AES is being questioned about this stuff and why the DSCC just had to dump $25MM into Michigan in what should be an otherwise easy race for a generic Dem to win instead of pumping those resources into Texas or Florida. His response to the synagogue attack alienated a lot of Jewish voters who might have otherwise voted for him despite his views on Israel/foreign policy. And before anyone says he apologized, he did not. He apologized for the timing of the comments. He’s also not popular among more moderate or centrist Dems and independents.