cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/42784
In a historic vote, 75% of Senate Democrats backed an effort to block weapons to Israel. The resolutions failed, but the vote was the latest sign of Democrats’ growing consensus against aid to Israel, as support for the country hits an all-time low.
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No it wouldn’t, something like 85%+ of Republicans support Israel and believe arabs and muslims are terrorists. The loud rightwing fringe minority faction composed of Tucker and Jones are just that, a loud minority without any real power. Republican voters love war, they love genocide, don’t let them pretend otherwise it’s bullshit. The only demographic that could swap from Republican to Democrat are centrist neocons who also love Israel, war and genocide. The tucker/jones types have nowhere to else to go, they aren’t going to go to Democrats.
We have not really had a reckoning with the fact that the most fascistic, murderous, warmonger and zionist political group are the mainstream “center”. It’s the respectable Classical Liberals.
I’m not seeing 85% - I’m seeing 38% of Republicans want the US to take neither side, 62% believe Israel has a positive role in the Middle East, and the closest to your number is the 72% support military aid for Israel (which I suspect is just Republicans supporting military Keynesianism). It’s also falling thanks to the war with Iran and rising gas prices (because Republicans don’t care about Palestinians, but they absolutely care about being unable to afford to fill their trucks).
As for it being the center, not really? Independents are actually turning on Israel, it’s a 50/50 issue for them.
Democrats need to make sure there is no alternative.