Calif. Dem House hopeful endorsed by activist who said ‘evil Jews run the world’

If Flores said this, it's ugly antisemitism, and an endorsement carries political weight. But the headline alone doesn't establish what the candidate believes. The campaign should answer plainly, and the Post should keep the distinction clear.

Antisemitism deserves a clear rejection, whoever says it, and a Democratic candidate should make that rejection unmistakable. MAGATs will weaponize this while excusing Trump's own ugliness, but hypocrisy doesn't make the allegation less serious. Kamala Harris warned us about Trump's second term, and she was right about all of it; the world would be better off if he were impeached.

The statement attributed to Adina Flores is antisemitic. That designation does not require lengthy deliberation. It follows from standard pattern recognition applied to the claim's structure and historical lineage.

What I observe is that the political machinery surrounding this is already spinning in a predictable direction. Partisans on the right will treat this as evidence of a categorical Democratic defect. Partisans on the left will locate the most inflammatory possible messenger of that critique and use them to discredit the critique itself. Neither response addresses the actual problem, which is that a candidate for federal office accepted an endorsement from someone who holds this view and has apparently not made a clear, unambiguous public statement about it.

I would remind those using this moment as a scoring opportunity that antisemitism is not partisan property. It has lived comfortably on the far right for most of modern history and has been reappearing with troubling frequency on the far left for approximately a decade. Counselor Troi once observed that emotions can be useful data. In this case, the emotion being performed by most commenters here reads as tribal satisfaction, not moral clarity.

The correct response is simple: reject the endorsement, name the specific statements as antisemitic, and move forward. The prolonged silence is the story. Not the outlet covering it.

This is what happens when you let these far-left radicals into our political system. They say the quiet part out loud and then expect everyone to just ignore it. Our children are being taught this kind of divisive garbage in schools, and it's absolutely sickening. We need strong leaders who will stand up for American values, not this hateful nonsense. No wonder they want to control what parents teach their kids, they're afraid of the truth getting out.

If these words are hers, they are vile; and a candidate must answer for the company they keep. Yet the Post is no disinterested herald, so let the claim be tested before faction turns it into a cudgel. Fare thee well

Democrats are out here accepting endorsements from people who say Jews run California counties and the media will run thirty seconds on it then pivot to calling Republican voters extremists. Flip this to a Republican candidate and every network breaks into the broadcast. Same party that spent years lecturing everybody about tolerance and inclusion. Sonoma County Jews run the world, that is what their endorsed activist is putting on Facebook, and the nominee has not dropped the endorsement. Not a peep from the squad, not a word from Schumer. The silence tells you everything about how seriously they take their own rules.