For Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, there is no act of political cowardice or self-preservation so craven the New York Times will not defend.
On Thursday, after days of criticizing a budget proposal to fund Israel’s defensive “Iron Dome” anti-missile system, the congresswoman voted “present” on the stand-alone bill. Not a “nay” vote, which would’ve at least been consistent with her attempts to strip the “Iron Dome” funding from a larger spending bill, but a meek, worthless “present” vote.
Later, after the proposed $1 billion in funding passed overwhelmingly by a vote of 420-9, the New York Times rushed to the representative’s defense, propping her up as some sort of principled crusader against nefarious Jewish influences in Congress.
"Minutes before the vote closed,” the paper reported, “Ms. Ocasio-Cortez tearfully huddled with her allies before switching her vote to 'present.' The tableau underscored how wrenching the vote was for even outspoken progressives, who have been caught between their principles and the still powerful pro-Israel voices in their party, such as influential lobbyists and rabbis.”
This is one hell of a thing to allege in a supposedly straight news publication. People have literally shot up synagogues over such antisemitic conspiracy-theory allegations about "powerful" Jewish lobbies.
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