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January 23, 2018

Senate Democrats Go Soft on Anti-Semitism

It’s all right to say you’re against anti-Semitism, but unacceptable to act too vigorously against it.

In a recent vote by the Senate Health, Labor, and Pensions Committee concerning the appointment of Kenneth Marcus to the position of assistant secretary of education for civil rights, all the Democrats present opposed Marcus's nomination; they were narrowly defeated by a Republican majority of one. Marcus has spent the past few years focused on combating anti-Semitism, which, to Jonathan Marks, is precisely what provoked the Democrats’ hostility:

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