A.G. Gancarski
Ron DeSantis has just a few congressional endorsers, and the second member of the U.S. House to back him has been courting controversy with a joke about “Zionism.”
Even more salient, perhaps: DeSantis wanted this man to be strongly considered as House Speaker in the wake of Kevin McCarthy’s departure.
U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky employed a popular Drake meme in setting up his attempt at humor Tuesday, with “Congress these days” splashed across the pop artist’s chest in two contrasting images.
The top image, in which the Canadian singer-rapper indicates disgust, juxtaposes the image with “American Patriotism.” The bottom image, depicting a delighted Drake, shows the entertainer’s face next to the word “Zionism.”
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) December 5, 2023
The DeSantis campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment on its leading Kentucky endorser taking a position diametrically opposed to that of the Governor, which has been aggressively pro-Israel since he was in Congress more than a decade ago.
It’s worth noting in this context that DeSantis floated Massie’s name for House Speaker earlier this fall, meanwhile, calling him “excellent.”
“I think you have guys like Chip Roy from Texas, who’s excellent, Thomas Massie from Kentucky, who’s excellent, Jim Jordan from Ohio. These guys are all good guys and I think they would do a good job,” the Governor told a South Carolina broadcast outlet.
As Governor, DeSantis has made two trade missions to Israel and has offered staunch and unflinching support of the Israeli position in the nearly two-month conflict with Hamas in the wake of terror attacks by the Palestinian militant group on Oct. 7. He also commissioned rescue flights at the expense of the state of Florida to bring back Americans from Israel in the immediate wake of the attacks.
In April, Massie endorsed DeSantis in a statement promulgated by the Never Back Down super PAC, saying the Florida Governor was a proven “America First” candidate.
“Ron knows that putting America first means putting Americans first, not corporations, and he’s never backed down from a fight with the big guys in pharma, agriculture and tech,” Massie said.
14 comments
Richard C Russell
December 5, 2023 at 3:31 pm
Why did Ronny fold to Mosaic (the Phosphate mining company) to allow them to spread toxic waste from their mining operations onto our Florida highways – was that approval preceded by three separate donations to Ronny totaling $500,000? That my friend, is not just backing down, it is rolling over!
My Take
December 5, 2023 at 4:06 pm
“The US Congress is Israeli-occupied territory”
Republican Pat Buchanan
Unsafe For Jews And Blacks: Florida
December 5, 2023 at 6:40 pm
Christians are antisemites by indoctrination at churches. Each Sunday: ‘Jew judges killed our savior!’
My Take
December 6, 2023 at 3:46 am
Some GOPer Likudist lickspittals in Congress are trying to define antiZionism as antisemitism.
rick whitaker
December 6, 2023 at 1:40 pm
my take, i see the two terms as totally different. i’m anti-zionist. i see zionism as an ideology, not a race.
My Take
December 7, 2023 at 4:41 am
There are a lot of antiZionist Jews.
They are hardly antisemites.
rick whitaker
December 7, 2023 at 4:46 pm
my take, i think we agree. since i think anti – zionism is an ideology, ANY race could be an anti – zionist.
Sonja Fitch
December 6, 2023 at 4:44 am
Every day SOMEWHERE a woman is raped!!! Not only is Hamas guilty of this! Hamas planned on raping women! Stop using sexual violence against women!
My Take
December 6, 2023 at 4:57 am
Hamas planned on raping women
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Ďismally vile. It may be unprecedented.
MH/Duuuval
December 6, 2023 at 10:57 am
Not unprecedented. Happening today in conflicts all over the world; happened perhaps moreso in the past. It’s a form of terror.
It would take a latter-day Solomon to figure out what is the right course in the conflict at hand. But indiscriminate bombing of civilians isn’t any more acceptable than rape and mayhem directed at civilians.
My Take
December 6, 2023 at 12:49 pm
The possibly unprecedented part I was referring to was the accused preplanning, but I still may be naive.
MH/Duuuval
December 6, 2023 at 5:57 pm
Check out the infamous “R#pe of Nanking” and the “comfort women” of the Imperial Japanese Army.
Or, go directly to Goya.
My Take
December 6, 2023 at 12:56 pm
Hitler once made a probably fanciful remark about “loosing the SS ‘stallions’ in Poland” but it referred to genetic ‘improvement’ rather than terror. It likely would still have been rape but not necessarily otherwise physically violent.
MH/Duuuval
December 6, 2023 at 6:01 pm
Theoretically the Nazis wouldn’t dream of mixing it up with the Poles — Slavs weren’t Aryan. Apparently they had some kind of selective breeding program at home — if the “World at War” BBC program is historically accurate.
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