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November 25, 2020 |
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It’s All About Georgia
Now
Kelly Loeffler and David
Perdue's Senate runoff elections in Georgia are the RJC’s top
priority at this time. As the JTA reports:
With the stakes so high in the two runoff races in Georgia on
Jan. 5 — control of the Senate is in the balance — the candidates on
each side have teamed up to share resources.
That’s reflected in the campaign for the Jewish vote and Jewish
donors. The Republican Jewish Coalition is hosting a
Zoom conference on Dec. 2 for the two Republican nominees, incumbents
Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue, and running weekly canvassing
sessions for the senators.
Matt Brooks, the RJC director, told me he has
tapped the four-person team he had in Florida to help keep that state
in the GOP column on Nov. 3.
“We have deployed our Florida field team to GA,” he said in an
email, “activated our national volunteer base to start phone banks
into GA and have raised over $200,000 via our PAC portal in a few
hours after dropping the email appeal. These races are a top priority
for RJC.”
HOW YOU CAN HELP
We’re raising money, making phone calls, and preparing for a
week of in-person canvassing. How will you help us keep the Senate
majority in Republican hands?
• Donate to
the GOP candidates
• Volunteer
for Virtual Days of Action (phone & text from
home)
• Volunteer
for the In-Person Week of Action
There are other ways to help. RJC Leader Jeffrey
Kunkes of Atlanta made the case for Senators Perdue and
Loeffler in a
letter to the editor of the Atlanta Jewish Times. You can
also use social media to amplify the RJC’s messages on Facebook
and Twitter
and help us reach a larger audience.
Aside from the crucial question of the Senate majority,
Senators Perdue and Loeffler deserve our best efforts on their behalf
on the merits, because each of them is a strong pro-Israel voice in
the Senate and a good friend to our community. Their opponents in
these runoff elections, however, would not be friends of Israel or the
American Jewish community. Here are some notable facts about
Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff:
- The Rev. Raphael Warnock... said in 2017 that the
nation’s “pre-existing condition” is “racism,” according to a
report.
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Warnock…
notably praised [Jeremiah] Wright, a
former pastor to Barack Obama, after his "God Damn
America" sermon surfaced during the 2008 election cycle… Warnock
was, in his own words, "dispatched" to defend Wright after a tape
of the 2003 sermon emerged.
In a 2008 appearance on Fox
News, Warnock was asked about that speech and other remarks. “We
celebrate Rev. Wright in the same way that we celebrate the
truth-telling tradition of the Black church, which when preachers tell
the truth, very often it makes people uncomfortable," he said.
- During the
same Wednesday event, [Jon] Ossoff
told reporters that he and Warnock are running as a "team,"
calling the pastor an "inspirational leader." The Democrat also called
Warnock a "moral leader for our state and our country" at a Sunday
campaign stop in Cobb County.
Keeping the GOP Senate majority is important because the
Senate will be the key line of defense against the radical policies
that a Joe Biden-Kamala Harris administration and a
Nancy Pelosi-led House will push. Here are some of the things on
Biden’s “Day One” list for immediate action:

Good News for
Republicans
Scott Johnson at the PowerLine blog writes
about the success that Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) has
had recruiting
and supporting women candidates for Congress in this
cycle:
Rep. Stefanik set up E-PAC to support the election of strong
conservative Republican women to Congress…Stefanik must have a good
eye for talent. E-PAC’s candidates went 19 for 20 in their primaries
and E-PAC maxed out to all of them. Moreover, E-PAC supported all the
Republican women in GOP pickups so far. [Many of these candidates
were RJCPAC endorsees as well.]
Johnson
continues:
Stefanik mentioned that several of these candidates are
“firsts.” Nancy Mace, for example, is the first
female graduate of Citadel and first woman in Congress from South
Carolina. She must be one tough cookie. She might also be the first
former Waffle House waitress to make it to Congress.
Young Kim and Michelle Steel
are the first Korean American women in Congress, Yvette
Herrell is the first Cherokee American woman in Congress, and
Stephanie Bice is the first Iranian American woman in
Congress. If these women were Democrats, they would be on their way to
celebrity status.
Stefanik also pointed out the GOP members among the incoming
freshman whose families come from Communist countries:
Victoria Spartz (born in Ukrainian SSR),
Nicole Malliotakis (daughter of Cuban mother),
Carlos Giménez (immigrant from Cuba), and
Maria Elvira Salazar (daughter of Cuban parents).
Malliotakis may start an anti-socialist “squad.” They all have a
valuable perspective on the present discontents.
Biden Begins
Naming Potential
Appointees
While President Donald Trump continues
to contest the election result, the leadership team for a
possible Joe Biden administration is being assembled.
David Harsanyi at National Review comments
on Antony Blinken, Biden’s pick for secretary of
state:
Blinken was wrong about Israel, the Palestinians, and the
prospects of peace. He was wrong about Iraq. Wrong on Iran. Wrong on
Syria. Wrong on Russia. Wrong on Libya. Wrong on China. If you ever
failed as much at your job, you wouldn’t have one. In Washington, you
get to run the place.
The New
York Post editorial board call
former Senator John Kerry, Biden’s pick for “climate
change czar,” a lifelong joke:
The only conclusion you can draw is that Biden, having vowed
to make fighting climate change a top priority, simply wants someone
who’ll look like he’s trying hard — but won’t actually get anything
done.
Senator
Tom Cotton had
this to say about the former Obama administration officials who
are lining up for jobs in a possible Biden administration:
“One thing’s for certain: Joe Biden’s Democratic dream team
has a lot of fancy titles. They’ve worked in Washington a long time,”
he said. “But credentials are not the same thing as achievement. If
this is the A-Team, we need walk-on tryouts immediately.”
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How
Trump can expose biggest lie in Middle East: Palestinian ‘refugee’
myth
The Trump administration
may be on its way out, but it can still advance American interests
between now and January. This is particularly true in the Middle East,
where White House policies have arguably been the most effective. With
minimal effort, Trump can address the undying fiction of Palestinian
“refugees.”
Outrage
erupts over antisemitism panel featuring noted adversaries of
Israel
Outrage erupted on Twitter over the weekend after the
far-left anti-Israel group Jewish Voice for Peace announced it will be
co-sponsoring a panel on antisemitism featuring panelists who oppose
the existence of Israel… Appearing on the panel will be Rep.
Rashida Tlaib, who supports a “one-state solution” in
which Israel is replaced by an Arab state; Peter
Beinart, the only Jewish panelist, who has openly rejected
the existence of Israel in its current form; Marc Lamont
Hill, who has publicly recited the slogan “from the river to
the sea, Palestine will be free”; and Barbara Ransby,
an academic who supports the antisemitic BDS
movement.

— Events —
RJC Victory Team Georgia Runoff Days of
Action
We are holding Virtual Days of
Action and making calls on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays
to get out the vote in Georgia for the very important runoff elections
there on January 5. Click
here to sign up and help! When you sign up, a team member
will reach out to give you 1-on-1 training on our outreach app, so
you’ll know exactly what you are doing.
We are holding
a Georgia Week of Action, with in-person
door-knocking deployments each day from Sunday, December 13 to
Wednesday, December 16. Sign
up here to participate!
December 2: A Special Virtual
Event
Join us for a live webinar on December 2
at 2:30pm Eastern: "The Senate is at Stake - A Conversation with
Senators David
Perdue and
Kelly
Loeffler,"
moderated by RJC National Chairman Senator Norm Coleman. Click
here to register!
You can watch these past virtual events
on
the RJC web site:
- Closing Arguments: What's at Stake for
the Jewish Community, featuring Jason
Greenblatt
- A Conversation with Boris
Epshteyn
- A Conversation with Senator Ted
Cruz
- A Conversation with Jason
Miller
- RJC Town Hall with Nikki
Haley and Mark Levin
You can access all of them by going to
the RJC
homepage and scrolling down to the "RJC Live" section. There's a
drop-down menu there to select the video you want to
see.
While RJC offices are closed and our staff are teleworking, you
can reach us by email or by phone (please leave a voicemail message
and your call will be returned). Contact
information for our offices can be found on our web site. Please
visit us online for the latest RJC
news, to volunteer
for our 2020 outreach efforts, to see details of upcoming events,
and to donate
to the RJC.
If you like the work we’re doing, consider joining us on
Facebook and Twitter, and renew or upgrade your RJC
membership. Ensure that your voice is heard in our party
and our community!
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