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Title: Schumer Moves to Silence Criticism of Israel as Hate Speech With 'Antisemitism Awareness Act'
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URL Source: https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=64748
Published: Nov 16, 2024
Author: Chris Menahan
Post Date: 2024-11-16 12:28:35 by Horse
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is trying to ram through the "Antisemitism Awareness Act" to silence criticism of Jews and Israel as hate speech and empower the federal government to crack down on anti- Israel protests on college campuses. Schumer is attempting to pass the bill by adding it to the so-called "must pass" 2025 National Defense Authorization Act but is drawing pushback from House Speaker Mike Johnson. Johnson already passed the bill in the House and agrees with the bill in principle but just wants it to be a standalone vote (trashing our First Amendment on behalf of a foreign power now has bipartisan consensus). AIPAC Tracker @TrackAIPAC 🚨 Sen. Chuck Schumer (@chuckschumer) He is trying to add the overreaching and unconstitutional "Antisemitism Awareness Act" as an amendment to the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act. This censorship bill aims to CRIMINALIZE criticism of the Israeli government! ShareFacebookTwitterRedditTelegramVKEmail Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is trying to ram through the "Antisemitism Awareness Act" to silence criticism of Jews and Israel as hate speech and empower the federal government to crack down on anti- Israel protests on college campuses. Schumer is attempting to pass the bill by adding it to the so-called "must pass" 2025 National Defense Authorization Act but is drawing pushback from House Speaker Mike Johnson. Johnson already passed the bill in the House and agrees with the bill in principle but just wants it to be a standalone vote (trashing our First Amendment on behalf of a foreign power now has bipartisan consensus). From Jewish Insider, "Johnson will reject Schumer’s bid to put Antisemitism Awareness Act in the NDAA": House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) plans to reject Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) proposal to add the long-stalled Antisemitism Awareness Act to the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act, throwing the legislation back into limbo. Johnson suggested that Schumer is trying to avoid putting senators on record about the bill with a standalone vote, and that the legislation could be outside the scope of the annual defense and national security bill, which routinely serves as a vehicle for a host of other legislation. “It has been reported that Leader Schumer wants to avoid a vote of accountability and instead attach the Antisemitism Awareness Act to the annual NDAA legislation. By necessity, the NDAA will be strictly limited to matters pertaining to national security,” Johnson said in a statement to Jewish Insider. “The House passed the Antisemitism Awareness Act more than six months ago. Leader Schumer should simply put the Antisemitism bill on the Senate floor without delay, give Senators a chance to debate this very important issue, and pass this bill on its own.” The American people just voted overwhelming for the (ostensibly) free speech candidate in the 2024 election and this is how our AIPAC-owned Congress responds. Congressman Jared Moskowitz @RepMoskowitz I am glad to see that the Antisemitism Awareness Act will be brought to a vote in the Senate. This had broad bipartisan support in the House, and it is time now for the Senate to protect Jewish students and put a stop to the hate we are seeing on our college campuses. 2:28 PM · Nov 15, 2024 
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Trump's head of DHS, Noem, supports this. Womp womp.
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