During an interview today on Face the Nation, DeSantis clarified that people from Gaza should not be accepted into this country as refugees.
“I am not going to do that,” said Ron DeSantis. If you look at how they behave, not all of them are Hamas, but they are all anti-Semitic.”
Anchor Margaret Brennan said, “I’m sure you know all Arabs are Semites, but how can you paint with such a broad brush to say 2.3 million people are anti-Semitic?”
“Well, first of all, my position is very clear. Those Gaza refugees, Palestinian Arabs, should go to Arab countries. The US should not be absorbing any of those. I think the culture, so they elected Hamas, let’s just be clear about that.
“Not everyone’s a member of Hamas, most probably aren’t, but they did elect Hamas in 2006, and then the military occupation happened. After that, they went in and haven’t allowed elections since 2007. So, in 2006… you know, there was a lot of celebrating of those attacks in the Gaza Strip by a lot of those folks who were not Hamas.
“But if you look at their education system, this has been an issue for a long time. They teach kids to hate Jews. The textbooks do not have Israel even on the map. They prepare very young kids to commit terrorist attacks.
“So, I think it’s a toxic culture, and I think if we were to import large numbers of those to the United States, I think it would increase anti-Semitism in this country. And I think it would increase anti-Americanism in this country, and that’s something after seeing those demonstrations pop up in our country, just with blood still flowing amongst us.
“…you had people taking to the streets cheering on the barbarism of Hamas in our own country. That was a chilling thing to see, and I don’t think that that’s something that we should ever think is acceptable.“
Host Margaret Brennan, looking horrified, said, “But no one’s talking about getting Gaza and refugees here right now. They can’t even get out of Gaza at the moment.
“Well, people have mentioned it. I think some of the far left have said this is something that we should do. The US has done similar things in the past, and so I just put my stake in the ground. That’s where we’re going to be, and I think that everyone running for president on the Republican side should follow suit.”
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I’ve been very clear: The U.S. should not be absorbing any Gaza refugees. Neighboring Arab nations should open their borders and absorb them.
Every Republican presidential candidate should follow suit. pic.twitter.com/0iQDsHptoG
— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) October 15, 2023
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I can guarantee that lots of Palestinians will be flooding the country soon, as Israel overruns Gaza. Biden will welcome them, they will be flown in for free. Palestinians are already coming in from Mexico.
DeSantis made solid historical points. If Brennan appeared horrified he scored big. I like the policy he and other Republicans have outlined regarding keeping those who’ve been in bed with Hamas for years….out of the US.
Most republicans are de facto supporters of the southern invasion. They do and say nothing. I do not know which republicans you are referring to. Any republican who says and does nothing but suddenly takes a strong position on Palestinian immigration is a phony, and is doing PR on this issue. Regarding policy, I am not aware of a policy to effectively stop the upcoming Palestinian immigration. It would have to include things such as impeachment of Mayorkas and a huge increase in wall/security funding, which few republicans openly support.
“I’m sure you know all Arabs are Semites”
That remark in itself IS anti-Semitic. That term was coined for the specific purpose in exposing the bigotry against Jews that had been occurring for centuries. It had nothing to do with ancestral lines. The Arabs and their supporters started using that phrase to diminish the effectiveness.
The term semite has long been use for Jews, Arabs and Babylonians who were a time one people.
I do not see the benefit from looking for terminology reasons to claim discrimination.
It is kind of llke claiming Hamas has 250,000 high precision missiles. They never seem to hit any sensitive targets or the Capitol. It is impossible,
The use of semite came After the coining of Anti-Semite. The typical Jew-hater typically comes out with “They are all semites”.