There’s a sickness growing in California politics, and it’s not from bad policies or blown budgets this time. It’s pure, ugly antisemitism — right out in the open, splashed across the state’s official voter guide. Not in some dark internet corner, but in a place meant to help voters make an informed choice. That anyone can spew anti-Jewish hate, unchecked, in a government document should alarm every decent American.
One fringe candidate for California governor is using his campaign platform and ballot statement as a launching pad for a full-throated attack on Israel. The rant is full of conspiracies and pure venom that crosses the line from crazy to dangerous. This is more than your standard leftist anti-Israel rhetoric. It’s also proof that open antisemitism isn’t just tolerated in California — it’s handed a megaphone.
Where are the progressives clutching their pearls about “hate speech” and “equity”? Nowhere to be found. The same liberals who light up social media to “fight intolerance” are suddenly silent when radical, anti-Israel bile makes its way into a taxpayer-funded election guide. Everyone knows if this bile targeted any group the Left embraced, there’d be national outrage, lawsuits, probably even speeches in Congress. But against Jews, California’s progressive crowd shrugs.
It’s no surprise. The modern left has been getting cozy with radical anti-Israel politics for years, sometimes hiding it behind so-called “anti-Zionism,” sometimes dropping the mask altogether. Now it’s seeping into mainstream state politics, and nobody in charge bats an eye. Ironically, California sends billions in tax dollars to pet projects and diversity bureaucracies, but can’t keep open hate out of its own elections.
This isn’t just a California embarrassment. It’s a warning shot for the whole nation. When you let antisemitic lunatics hijack the ballot, you get more than just another bad candidate—you invite this poison into our civic life. If America’s largest, most progressive state can’t stand up for basic decency, what’s next? Maybe the real question isn’t why antisemitism is showing up on California’s ballot, but why the left keeps giving it a free pass.
Source: NY Post
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