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Where were you when they took the economy down with tariffs, when they took the economy down by threatening it so consumer confidence drops. Where were you?”

“How many things are going on before we answer the question, as it says in Hebrew, hineni. Hineni. Behold, Lord, here I am,” he said.

Shortly afterward, Booker invited a comment from Sen. Jacky Rosen, who is Jewish and represents Nevada, where his mother lives. Booker praised Rosen as having had “one of the hardest jobs in all of the United States, which is to be president of a shul,” before listening to her comment.

After hearing from her, he added a yellow ribbon pin symbolizing the plight of the Israeli hostages in Gaza to his lapel.

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[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] Eldritch@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

If I had to guess, the israelness. A source other than the times of Israel might get a better reception. Plenty of people right or wrongly (mostly the former) knee jerk about anything that has Israel in its name.

[–] limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And the mention of his ribbon. I know many here sympathize with that, but peoples who care about the Palestinian cause will see that poorly, and react poorly indeed.

It’s a poor choice in his public relations to do that after such a successful speech

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

Well, I don’t think he should advertise that; but then again these people are more like politicians than leaders.