Belen Sisa is the national deputy press secretary of the Bernie Sanders campaign for president in 2020. Here are two things you need to know about her:
1. She's an illegal alien.
2. Over the weekend, Sisa announced that she "stood with [representative Ilhan] Omar." She also questioned whether the “American-Jewish community has a dual allegiance to the state of Israel.” The question was posted on a Facebook Live event and was removed by Sisa once various media began to ask about it. Today, Sisa "apologized" for being "insensitive". She didn't say, however, that she recognized that American Jews are as loyal to the USA as any other citizens.
So we have Sanders picking as his number two press spokesperson an illegal alien who happens also to be anti-Semitic. Note that Sisa's question was not about Israeli policy; it was directly about the loyalty of American Jews. That is one of the oldest lies told by anti-Semites around the world. Sisa couldn't even bring herself to apologize for what she said and to state that she now realizes that she was wrong. She limited her apology to the unfortunate wording she used.
This is the kind of move that truly disqualifies Bernie Sanders in my mind. If this is the sort of person he hires, that is bad enough. But Bernie is keeping her in her position despite her being revealed to be a bigot. That's not just unfortunate; it's unacceptable.
1. She's an illegal alien.
2. Over the weekend, Sisa announced that she "stood with [representative Ilhan] Omar." She also questioned whether the “American-Jewish community has a dual allegiance to the state of Israel.” The question was posted on a Facebook Live event and was removed by Sisa once various media began to ask about it. Today, Sisa "apologized" for being "insensitive". She didn't say, however, that she recognized that American Jews are as loyal to the USA as any other citizens.
So we have Sanders picking as his number two press spokesperson an illegal alien who happens also to be anti-Semitic. Note that Sisa's question was not about Israeli policy; it was directly about the loyalty of American Jews. That is one of the oldest lies told by anti-Semites around the world. Sisa couldn't even bring herself to apologize for what she said and to state that she now realizes that she was wrong. She limited her apology to the unfortunate wording she used.
This is the kind of move that truly disqualifies Bernie Sanders in my mind. If this is the sort of person he hires, that is bad enough. But Bernie is keeping her in her position despite her being revealed to be a bigot. That's not just unfortunate; it's unacceptable.
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