The tide is shifting rapidly against the Democratic Party status quo on the issue of Gaza.
It's quickly becoming a dead weight around the necks of every pro-Israel Democrat not able to use the end of the Biden presidency as an excuse to hide from the cameras.
The World Health Organization is now recognizing a famine in Gaza. 77% of Democrats reported in a Quinnipiac University poll this week that they believe Israel is committing a genocide.
The base is now firmly opposed to what was the policy championed by a Democratic White House and their allies in Congress just one year ago.
A pair of media hits from two prominent Democrats this week just illuminated how much of a problem that's going to be in 2028.
Rep. Ritchie Torres, described as the loudest defender of Israel among House Democrats, sat down for a deeply uncomfortable interview with Adam Friedland, 'dirtbag left' podcaster and former 'Cumtown' host.
Friedland, who is Jewish, raked Torres over the coals regarding what the war and the images of slaughter in Gaza were doing to Jews in the U.S. and around the world. Torres accused him of justifying antisemitism.
"Are you crazy right now?" a visibly shocked Friedland responded.
On MSNBC, Joe Biden's former national security adviser made news of his own: he claimed to have advised Democratic members of Congress to support a ban on arms sales to Israel.
The reaction to his remarks from progressives and critics of Israel was just as pronounced as the backlash against Torres — with the party's left enraged over positions they were smeared as antisemitic for expressing now being voiced by the architect of Biden's plans.
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