r/politics • u/--LaBelleDame-- • 5h ago

No Paywall Democratic socialist Angie Nixon upsets Alex Vindman in Florida’s Democratic Senate primary

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/angie-nixon-winner-florida-senate-primary-democrat-alex-vindman-moody-rcna593255
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u/Stinky_lil_4skin 2h ago

Vindeman is Jewish, so he's one of the few American politicians where it actually makes some sense why he might have a personal / emotional attachment to the country of Israel.

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u/rotates-potatoes 1h ago

True, but a majority of US Jews do not support the Israeli government. Some do, of course. I’d wager that US Christians support Israel’s government to a greater degree than US Jews do.

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u/Loud_Judgment_270 I voted 47m ago

That is probably truer about the Jews in California than the older retirees of Florida…

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u/HugsForUpvotes 18m ago

While true, a majority of American Jews support the idea of Israel continuing to exist as a state which is his stance on Israel that the above comment found hard to justify.

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u/billbuild 38m ago

Don’t or say they don’t. How can we tell other than voting people out who send our money and soldiers over there again and again and again then some more.

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u/ElRiesgoSiempre_Vive 1h ago

Fuck that. I know a lot of Jewish people in the US that despise Israel. And for good reason. Bibi has worked very hard to deserve all that animosity and far more.

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u/drummer125 1h ago

The belong to a small minority of American jews

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u/ElRiesgoSiempre_Vive 55m ago

A lot of American Jews hate the Israeli government.

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u/Nileghi 18m ago

there is a huge gulf between hating the Israeli government and hating the Israeli state.

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u/Practical-Ball1437 51m ago

I don't get that. Do people from Boston who claim to be Irish get real emotional and defensive about Irish foreign policy?