Antisemitism Is The Litmus Test for Democrats in 2026

Antisemitism is a mental disease, in the way that Trump Derangement Syndrome is. 

Neither is based primarily on political or ideological affiliations, although each correlates highly with partisan affiliations and ideological commitments. 

That correlation does have a causal relationship, but the opposite of what is generally assumed. The antisemitism comes first, then the ideology and the partisanship. First, the antisemitism, and only then the political decisions. That’s why you see the “right” coded antisemites flocking to the Democrats, as I wrote yesterday, and the Democrats gaining a “strange new respect” for former Republicans like Marjorie Taylor Greene, and right-coded Nick Fuentes. 

That same sorting is happening with current and former Democrats, who are so appalled by the antisemitic outbreak in their party that they are flirting with becoming Republicans, or at least praising their clear-sightedness on this issue. 

BREAKING 🚨: John Fetterman says he “can’t see continuing” with the Democrat Party and believes “they’ve lost their way.”

I suspect he’s gearing up to leave the Dem party BEFORE the 2026 Elections. He will either become an independent who caucuses with the GOP or an outright… pic.twitter.com/6isOtsSeJ0

— Ben Hart (@BenHart_Freedom) May 4, 2026

BREAKING 🚨:  John Fetterman says he “can’t see continuing” with the Democrat Party and believes “they’ve lost their way.”  

I suspect he’s gearing up to leave the Dem party BEFORE the 2026 Elections.  He will either become an independent who caucuses with the GOP or an outright Republican.   

This is yet another Senate seat Dems need to worry about.  

The Midterm Elections are rapidly slipping away from Dems — a trend that will accelerate as common-sense Americans focus on just how radical the Dem Party is becoming.

John Fetterman is being driven out of his party and could not possibly win a Democratic primary today. Pennsylvania Democrats will ensure he will face one if he runs as a Democrat again. 

How transparent is the genocide hoax? Mamdani was accusing Israel ten days after the October 7 Massacre. pic.twitter.com/EBEsnosT0H

— Eylon Levy (@EylonALevy) May 5, 2026

Hatred of Jews is now a litmus test for Democrats, and the more vocal an antisemite one is, the easier it is to rise to the top in the party. Graham Platner was a political unknown, but as his voters got to know him, including the revelation of his Nazi SS Totenkopf tattoo and his virulent antisemitic views, he vaulted to the top of the pile, besting the wildly popular Governor of Maine, Janet Mills. 

This is the Zohran Mamdani-endorsed New York state assembly candidate Aber Kawas, who made disturbing comments about terrorism & 9/11. An investigation by me showed that, just like Mamdani, she is … a protégé of Linda Sarsour & a fan of Siraj Wahhaj.

👉 https://t.co/HumP70A20F https://t.co/SOSvS03sVW

— Jerry Dunleavy IV 🇺🇸 (@JerryDunleavy) May 5, 2026

Zohran Mamdani campaigned with an imam who was an unindicted co-conspirator in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, as well as Hasan Piker, who praises Hamas and openly hates Jews. Liberals march along with pro-Hamas protesters calling for the eradication of Jews, and the currently leading Democratic candidate for Senate brought Hasan Piker to Michigan to campaign, where, among other things, he mused about Trump dying. 

NEW — Adam Hamawy (@HamawyForNJ) tells Politico NJ that any questions about his yearslong friendship with terrorist mastermind “The Blind Sheikh” Omar Abdel-Rahman are — “guilt-by-association attacks on Muslim and Arab candidates.”https://t.co/YyWFVsnSz6

— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) May 5, 2026

All the Obama bros, including Ben Rhodes, who was nicknamed “Hamas” by his colleagues, are preparing to guide foreign policy in the post-Trump world, and let’s just say that they are bigger fans of Iran than of Israel. 

The influential Democratic foreign policy group National Security Action is positioning itself to staff the next Democratic presidential administration and has tapped as its leader an anti-Israel staffer for Adam Schiff who was once pictured wearing a keffiyeh and dancing in… pic.twitter.com/m7ctO3HcG9

— Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) May 5, 2026

The influential Democratic foreign policy group National Security Action is positioning itself to staff the next Democratic presidential administration and has tapped as its leader an anti-Israel staffer for Adam Schiff who was once pictured wearing a keffiyeh and dancing in front of a banner calling Israel an apartheid state, @Kredo0 reports.

I don’t assume that any and all critics of Israel’s policies are necessarily antisemitic, but let’s be real. These people really are. They want Israel gone (“From the River to the Sea), and spread libels such as the “genocide” lies that have driven approval of Israel into the toilet. 

JUST IN: Fetterman Warns of ‘Communist Takeover’ in Democratic Party

“But the Maine race isn’t an outlier. Socialist and far-left mayors already run some of America’s biggest cities…”https://t.co/3RmvABVkV7

— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) May 4, 2026

You have Democrats around the country defending Nazi tattoos, cozying up to Hasan Piker, and embracing Marjorie Taylor Greene for no other reason than she hates Jews enough to turn on Trump. Nick Fuentes is coming out as a Democrat, and some Democrats are welcoming him in because he sounds eerily similar to Hasan Piker.

Politico: President Trump has offered Fetterman his patented total and complete endorsement plus a financial windfall to the Pennsylvanian if he becomes a Republican.

A handful of Senate Republicans are also gently feeling out Fetterman and responding to his concerns over the… https://t.co/aFMEmSlEwa pic.twitter.com/4tQ2e6Atla

— Politics & Poll Tracker 📡 (@PollTracker2024) May 4, 2026

Politico: There is an intense effort underway by Republicans to flip Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) into becoming a Republican.Fetterman told Politico on Friday he’s staying a Democrat but when one senior Republican recently brought up the idea of becoming an independent to Fetterman, he absorbed the suggestion and didn’t embrace or reject the overture.

There may still be some moderate Democrats, but they are deluding themselves if they think there is any room left in the party for them. The Democrats have IDS—Israel Derangement Syndrome—and that derangement will leave them as pariahs in the party if they don’t fall in line. 

🔥 NEW: CNN’s Van Jones SLAMS “nutty” Dems for not supporting John Fetterman being a “moderate Democrat.”

“That should not be illegal in this party. My god you have to agree on 100% of 100% of the Berkeley California agenda to be a Democrat? It doesn’t make any sense.”

“It just… pic.twitter.com/IJr6gcE35i

— TV News Now (@TVNewsNow) May 6, 2026

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