I have yet to read any controversial statements made by Mahmoud Khali. He seemed measured and reasoned. Clearly there were some who attacked Jewish people, but he doesn’t appear to have done that.
Chucky, do you remember innocent until proven guilty. Also, there is that pesky 1st amendment. And to make it worse he has the nerve to object to war crimes committed by Israel. You and representatives like you are one major reason we are in this horrible mess.
I don't think they're ever going to find enough Republican voters to make up for all the progressive/leftist voters they're going to lose after this shit show.
Chuck, Chuck. Save yourself some time. Just give them the keys and go home. You've been practicing that for years now, should have it down. Don't be afraid of getting lost on the way.
It's pretty easy to say, "I don't agree with what he said, but I will fight for his right to say it. And #Shitler is violating the Constitution regarding this."
If Schumer is gonna be mostly useless, try to not be COMPLETELY useless...
Just posted this to Schumer: WHAT SPECIFIC OPINIONS AND POLICIES ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT IN THIS TWEET: I abhor many of the opinions and policies that Mahmoud Khalil holds and supports, and have made my criticism of the antisemitic actions at Columbia loudly known.
If the DNC leaders cannot defend free speech, then they have once again shown they are useless in protecting our rights. Because this will not stop at immigrants.
This just proves, always put your leading statement first, in this case, Schumer calls for the guy’s immediate release, and that he should not be deported.
Instead, he stupidly led with his criticism. Even Klippenstein apparently didn’t read the whole thing.
We see AGAIN that these Dems are just right wing lite. What a nasty, craven message to publish at such a time, not addressing the constitutional crisis, but encouraging the university to continue and RAMP UP their violence against their own students? DISGUSTING.
We need to get Schumer’s ass out of Washington. If you want to disagree with Khalil’s views, that’s your right, but your first order of business MUST be to protest how he’s been illegally detained.
It's his standard Hallmark card approach to fighting fascism.
He's fighting a 21st century fight with 20th century balls, and we're suffering for it. And there's a tremendous amount more suffering to come bec he can't or won't step up, or step aside. His legacy will be the death of America.
"If the administration cannot prove he has violated any criminal law... ...just have them call my office and we'll help them fabricate some shit to justify disappearing him."
Did they stop? I know they have their paid social media personalities out here talking s*** every single day and doing their best to divide different marginalized groups.
They never stop punching left, true. I’m just saying they will frame any progressive primary challenge as a threat to democracy in a way they just cannot bring themselves to do with this current authoritarian regime.
That's because we're silly children who are worth ignoring. It. Turns out that personal profit and power protection are way more important than protecting the nation. Then again, if that wasn't true Biden would have used the DOJ at any point to prevent this.
Well considering Schumer is a pro genocide Democrat who just wants the left to go away so that he and his buddies can continue insider trading, why would you expect anything different. Schumer, pelosi, Jeffries.... They are not working for America.
It should go without saying that Chuck Schumer is a pro- apartheid/genocide/land theft zionist and as such is among the lowest of the low ethically and morally.
I'm sure that the deportation of a legal resident, no matter their views, isn't a massive red flag of repression to come. Great opposition leadership as always.
Brainwashed by Christofascists Vance/Speaker Johnson/many Supreme Court Justices/others pushing Heritage Foundation's vile "Project Esther" & thus arresting people like Mahmoud Khalil just as terror tactic.
#ProjectEsther
#freeMahmoud
The Dems don’t deserve to win. Neither do the republicans. Time for a progressive party to break through the monopoly the right wing dems and the far right extremist gop have.
This corrupt old man should not be out there speaking for the Democrats. Get somebody out there who understands what needs to be said in what order and can say it with fire in their belly!!
Chuck Schumer is not now, nor has he ever been up to the task that lays ahead of him, he needs to retire and leave his position to somebody that is up to the task!
From what I can tell, Mahmoud Khalil has said nothing that could even be stretched to construe harassment of Jewish people or any other people. He’s literally just a war protester. Schumer is a liar and a monster.
idk that i'd call this milquetoast-at-best response to a legal permanent resident being rousted & trafficked thousands of miles from home without due cause or charge, in flagrant violation of the constitution, "very reasonable," esp. coming from a sitting member of congress
idgaf that schumer "doesn't agree with him." mahmoud has rights, and they aren't subject to the approval of the spineless senator representing his state of residence
Seems to be a crime to protest the genicde of Palestinians in America. The Jewish version of Shitler is a war criminal. I don't support Hamas, but what Israel has done is on par with Putin.
chuck shumer is not a democrat and he does not work for american people. He is a zio nazi, he works for zio Israel, he is paid by AIPAC, he supports genocide of Palestinian people! If he can’t draw a line at genocide he can’t draw a line at democracy! Resign mthrfkr!
I have yet to read a direct quote that Khalil has said in the past year. All that’s been reported is that he was a negotiator with university leadership to divest from Israel, which isn’t a crime.
Nah. Him and his physically assaulted American Jewish students at Columbia University. He's not a citizen. He should have been charged with multiple hate crimes. He said he wants to destroy Western civilization. He supports the terrorist organization Hamas. Deport him.
If wanting Schumer to be stuffed and used to prop open Albany Amtrak station toilets during their monthly cleaning is antisemitic, then yeah, I am anti semitic people.
I like the Democrats but Chuck Schumer and other Israel leaning democrats politicians are the reason why Israel comment atrocities and terror against Palestinians un impended! He and the other guy who died forced Obama to support Israel and drop the two state solution
This feels like a shitty magic trick, in which deportation is the misdirection (not that it can't happen) and the real discrimination ends up happening on college campuses.
@vituperativeerb.bsky.social You often ask (in good faith) why some people lump Democratic Party leadership with Republicans. It’s a good and fair question.
This image is a good and fair example. I hope this helps you understand the mindsets of people with whom you disagree.
Just to be clear, the issue at hand wasn’t criticizing Israel, it was about intimidating anybody who is Jewish, as if any Jew anywhere is responsible for whatever Israel does.
That said, arresting & deporting this guy is totally wrong.
"Within the Jewish community they have preached an admixture of ultranationalism, religious mysticism, and racial superiority. Like other Fascist parties they have been used to break strikes, and have themselves pressed for the destruction of free trade unions..." - Albert Einstein, Hannah Arendt..
Murdering civilians—whether they are Israeli or Palestinian—is never permitted under international law, under any circumstances. This is why the ICC issued arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leadership.
I didn't say anything about murdering civilians. Otherwise, I'd have to mention that almost every American president should go to the Hague. But Israel (with America's help) has murdered A LOT of civilians.
Which is why, presumably, human rights advocates should oppose the war crimes of both Hamas and Israel—and yet, we often see people endorse or rationalize these war crimes, on both sides.
It IS antisemitic to call for violence against Jews. It is antisemitic to glorify terrorists who kidnap rape and murder Jewish people.
Why does this movement only question Israel when the neighboring Arab countries treat their own people so much worse?
P.S. You're the one who brought Jews into this conversation. Most people in Israel are not practicing Jews. They are Israelis and primarily Zionists. Tens of thousands are Americans.
Israel is an occupying power with one of the most high tech militaries in the world. Gaza is 50% children. Armed resistance against an occupying power is expected unless you think you would just stand by and let Israel kill your relatives and steal your land.
The best part of Bluesky is that the cowardly Democrats are all too chickenshit to even make an account here. The worst part of Bluesky is that we can't run them off this site and put their account on a spike as a warning to the others.
Do you know what the word “abhor” means? The statement effectively says “I believe what trump did is good for the country, this man is evil and dangerous. But they did not follow the correct procedure, so I must oppose it.” Politically speaking he might as well have just said he supports this crime.
The slugs, worms, bugs, and other invertebrates have got together to file trademark breaches against Schumer for infringing on their whole lack of a spine thing.
Just support people even if you don’t like them; show people you stand for good and the law over evil and don’t qualify it with asterisks and cover all your bases answers, JFC
Sorry, I’m not going to be outraged by lawyerly equivocation. Schumer is condemning Khalil’s unlawful detention. That is the right thing to do. I have called for Schumer to resign as minority leader several times this week, but I won’t over this.
We need a new minority leader. Schumer isn't up for reelection until 2028, when he needs to be pressured to retire or face the primary challenger he avoided in 2022.
Schumer needs to be pressured to retire early. He is a threat to all we hold dear due to the fact that he is not voting in the interests of his constituents - Schumer is compromised & must go, now.
Schumer is a fucking clown. Setting Dems back is all he does. He and Jeffries are not meeting the moment. The Democratic party is done. Needs a rebrand quickly. We are losing ground everyday Dem leadership sits on their hands and/or runs adjacent to Trump with this kind of Zionist shit.
The arrest isn't explicitly stated until the third paragraph and even then it's so muddled - Schumer is talking about a person dragged away from his pregnant wife and shoved into a hellhole in Louisiana. And he is so deliberately mild about it. It's sickening.
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Stop accepting the framing!!!
(literally the first thing Schumer does is accept the framing)
More controversial than we might have guessed!
It's pretty easy to say, "I don't agree with what he said, but I will fight for his right to say it. And #Shitler is violating the Constitution regarding this."
If Schumer is gonna be mostly useless, try to not be COMPLETELY useless...
Imagine if the world was silent.
Try again.
Instead, he stupidly led with his criticism. Even Klippenstein apparently didn’t read the whole thing.
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He's fighting a 21st century fight with 20th century balls, and we're suffering for it. And there's a tremendous amount more suffering to come bec he can't or won't step up, or step aside. His legacy will be the death of America.
Number three
You have the right to free speech
As long as
You're not dumb enough to actually try it
Know your rights
These are your rights"
The Clash
#ProjectEsther
#freeMahmoud
https://forward.com/forward-newsletters/antisemitism-notebook/664258/the-group-behind-project-2025-has-a-new-plan-to-fight-antisemitism/
https://forward.com/forward-newsletters/antisemitism-notebook/664258/the-group-behind-project-2025-has-a-new-plan-to-fight-antisemitism/
Nazi sympathizers.
New York comes afterwards.
Dem's need to make a plan that unifies / aligns.
Run a new play. Envision counter solutions. Make it so.
#makeaplan
He doesn’t agree with him, but expect him to only be removed if there is actual cause
(cc hakeem jeffries)
he didn't even bother to describe ice/dhs/state dept's actions as "unlawful" or "unconstitutional" (both accurate) for crying out loud
None of them have Jewish privilege, it seems.
No.
This guy i swear
Trump please make up a real crime to pin on him."
Ok. 🙄
Wtf did he think was gonna happen?
This image is a good and fair example. I hope this helps you understand the mindsets of people with whom you disagree.
ENOUGH of these horseshit Zionist liberals. Your days are OVER. Get out of the way and let the fighters lead.
That said, arresting & deporting this guy is totally wrong.
You can read more at Human Rights Watch:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/07/17/october-7-crimes-against-humanity-war-crimes-hamas-led-groups
Why does this movement only question Israel when the neighboring Arab countries treat their own people so much worse?
I guess it's because they're not Jewish, huh?
The "resistance." We're so fucked.
To Dems like Schumer, Jews are white human beings, while the rest of us are mudblood subhumans.
It's not just the money, they truly don't think we're human. Biden was the same.