San Francisco Democrats can’t trust Scott Wiener — – Latest News
Scott Wiener will do something to advance his political profession — together with turning his back on his supposedly long-held beliefs.
Wiener, a Democratic State Senator from San Francisco, has long been on the far left of his celebration, on each problem — besides Israel.
Elected in 2016, Wiener has spent a lot of his time pushing an excessive LGBTQ agenda. He has taken radical positions on different social points, as effectively: He spent the final 4 years trying to decriminalize psychedelic medication, for instance.
Outside Civic Center Plaza, Sen. Scott Wiener pronounces the No Kings Act, new laws to carry federal officers and brokers accountable for violating constitutional rights in San Francisco, Nov. 18. AP
But Wiener had — till just lately — refused to comply with the far left into bashing Israel, the solely nation within the Middle East the place LGBTQ people take pleasure in equal rights.
That’s partly as a result of Wiener, who was raised in New Jersey and attended Harvard Law School, grew up within the Seventies in a Jewish home. He was ingrained in Jewish values, together with a dedication to Israel.
Throughout his profession, Wiener had adopted a liberal but pro-Israel coverage, embracing the two-state resolution and coexistence. “I care deeply about Israel as the home of one half of all Jews on the planet,” Wiener has stated. “And I want to recognize the basic humanity of both Israelis and Palestinians living there in peaceful co-existence.”
(L–R) Saikat Chakrabarti, Sen. Wiener and Supervisor Connie Chan during the San Francisco Congressional District 11 candidate discussion board on Jan. 7. AP
That modified in latest weeks. Wiener is now working in a crowded area to interchange retiring former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in California’s eleventh District, which covers most of San Francisco.
Under strain from the Israel-hating far left, Wiener has determined to flip-flop on the Jewish state and its proper to defend itself from radical Islamic terror.
The swap has been dramatic.
In the instant aftermath of the Hamas terror assault in opposition to Israel on October 7, when Wiener was snug in his state Senate seat and never but working for Congress, his phrases have been clear. “The tragedy — and the vile atrocities by Hamas that led to it — is so immense it’s almost incomprehensible,” he stated. “My heart is broken, and I am angry. I am also angry that some in our country — and in San Francisco — have celebrated Hamas’s atrocities as an act of ‘resistance.’”
Under strain from the Israel-hating far left, Wiener has determined to flip-flop on Israel and its proper to defend itself from radical Islamic terror. AP
Wiener condemned Hamas, and agreed that Israel had a proper to defend itself. He wrote on his web site: “Israel has every right to secure its borders, and I fully support Israel protecting itself against threats from Hamas. Hamas must be entirely eliminated as a political and military force.”
But the passions of two years in the past have dissolved fully in Wiener’s quest to change into a member of the House of Representatives.
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On Jan. 7, Wiener participated in a debate with the opposite two candidates for the workplace, who’re each anti-Israel. In a lightning “yes or no” spherical, San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan and former Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez adviser Saikat Chakrabarti responded “yes” when requested if Israel was committing genocide in Gaza.
In a Jan. 11 post on X, Wiener stated that Israel was committing genocide in Gaza. X/@Scott_Wiener
Wiener didn’t reply to the query, and located himself drawing fire from the left. Realizing what that silence was doing to his marketing campaign, he backpedaled, and posted on his X account that he had modified his thoughts, and that Israel was committing genocide.
“For years, I’ve condemned [Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu and his extremist government and the devastation they’ve inflicted on Gaza,” he stated. “It’s why I’ve been clear I won’t support U.S. funding for the destruction of Palestinian communities. I’ve stopped short of calling it genocide, but I can’t anymore.”
That despatched shockwaves all through the Jewish group of the Bay Area. Many organizations condemned his remarks, main Wiener to announce that he would step down as as co-chair of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus, efficient Feb. 15.
Wiener forged the choice as a long-overdue “transition” made vital by the truth that his “campaign is accelerating.” In reality, he misplaced the arrogance of the group he had as soon as embraced, and that he had claimed to signify.
It solely took Wiener 4 days to forged apart the personal convictions he had developed as a member of a liberal religion group for all of his 55 years.
Until just lately, Wiener had refused to comply with the far left into bashing Israel, the one nation within the Middle East the place LGBTQ people take pleasure in equal rights. Getty Images for Economic Security Project, Inc.
Set apart the substance of the problem, Wiener’s “pivot” was a betrayal that means a lack of character. Not solely is he unfit for national workplace, however his willingness to desert what have been as soon as his core values makes him unfit for any public workplace in any respect.
Wiener will not be attempting to win the few conservative and Republican votes in San Francisco.
But the left-wing and liberal Democrats who’re his core constituency — together with the LGBTQ group — need to ask themselves in the event that they really need a candidate who’s keen to change his opinion based mostly on no matter is politically handy for him.
Rabbi Michael Barclay is the Spiritual Leader of Temple Ner Simcha in Westlake Village, CA, and the creator of “Sacred Relationships: Biblical Wisdom For Deepening Our Lives Together.”
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