Jewish Trump wannabe cuddles with antisemites in Senate race - opinion

• Published date: 13 October 2021
• Author: DOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

Worse still is if your grandparents came to America as refugees, but you want to close the country's doors to other refugees, especially if they are Muslims and from Afghanistan. You ignorantly accuse them of wanting to "bring child brides and Sharia Law to your neighborhood."

Welcome to the bitter, hate-filled world of Josh Mandel, the 44-year-old former state treasurer and state representative who thinks the surest way to become Ohio's next senator is to echo the calculated extremism of a former president who sees "very fine people" among the nation's excreta of racists, antisemites and xenophobes.

In Mandel's world, a Soviet Jewish refugee and retired Army officer and decorated war veteran like Alexander Vindman is a "commie" and a "liar and a traitor" because he told the truth about your disgraced idol, Donald Trump.

You can be an equal opportunity bigot, attacking prominent Catholics. When Speaker Nancy Pelosi met the pontiff in Rome, you said, "There's nothing beautiful about a politician who kills babies or a pope who empowers her."

You accuse the president of the United States of "Gestapo" tactics because he wants all Americans immunized against the coronavirus and urge "my fellow Americans: do not comply." Was George Washington also guilty of such "tyranny" when he ordered all of his troops vaccinated against another pandemic?

When the American Jewish Committee said your "disgraceful" blather is "deeply offensive and trivializes the horrors of the Holocaust," and the ADL criticized your white supremacist views, you responded by accusing them of "a partisan witch hunt."

You have declared your determination to "protect Judeo-Christian values" and called yourself "Pro-God, Pro-Guns and Pro-Trump." Is that how you define your values?

I know you claim to be a lawyer, but Case Western Reserve law school should revoke the diploma of anyone who says, "The Bible and the Constitution are not supposed to be separate."

Like you, I'm a Cleveland native who got a BA at Ohio State University. The first thing we were taught in journalism school was the First Amendment to the Constitution protects free speech and establishes a wall between church and state. It has been vital to the survival, success and safety of Jews and all other minorities in America, including those Muslims you want kept out. I cannot believe they left that out at Case. Did you skip class that day, or are you just blinded by your bigotry and ambition?

You probably cut history class, too. You...