Well, for a start, it'd be nice if Jeffries actually called for Khalil's release or condemned Trump's plans to continue these Gestapo tactics? Seems notable to me that Jeffries ends his non-statement with a Susan Collins-esque "we will continue monitoring the developing situation carefully."
A: Democrats HAVE demanded Khalil's release.
B: I personally would rather we not erase the fact that the dude led a protest repeatedly plagued by antisemitism in our zeal to protect his rights.
speaking as an American Jew I actually do kind of want to hear people say "I'm protecting the man's rights, not endorsing what he and his friends said about Jews"
Speaking as an American Jew, I agree! But you shouldn't let that preference blind you to the fact that this is a shitty statement that *does not actually articulate any sort of call to action or defense of Khalil's rights.*
A: It's good that some democrats, somewhere, have demanded his release. We're talking about Jeffries's statement, which notably does NOT do that.
B: I'd feel much better about a short statement that skipped this context than this statement which skips a full-throated defense of Khalil's rights.
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B: I personally would rather we not erase the fact that the dude led a protest repeatedly plagued by antisemitism in our zeal to protect his rights.
B: I'd feel much better about a short statement that skipped this context than this statement which skips a full-throated defense of Khalil's rights.