As a Jew I have no problem with aggressive vetting, which necessarily involves asking questions that would be most inappropriate in other circumstances.

Political opponents and talking heads and so on had no basis to pursue that line of inquiry and there it was certainly offensively. But in private when vetting a candidate to rule out potential scandals? They needed to know if there was even a photo or him near an Israeli agent, if his second cousin is married to an Israeli agent, whatever. Because anything like that would become an issue for the campaign.


I would expect them to ask other questions as well that would otherwise be inappropriate such as asking about drug use, gambling, sex life, dating app use, any accusation of impropriety, etc.

And I would expect them to ask such question about the candidate to friends and family as well.

Which is pretty much the process I went through to get a security clearance. It's a highly intrusive process.

if he would take his orders from the Pope?

and given the prevalence of right-wing catholics who think their religious beliefs outweigh the constitution or our laws, that's perfectly reasonable line of inquiry. this may have even come up during some senate confirmations of justices, or should have.

again, context matters hugely here. this would be very offensive to ask at a dinner party.

American or American Muslim being vetted if they were agents of Hamas.

Hint, being a Jew who supports Israel's right to exist is not the same thing as being a spy for Israel, but that is exactly the crap that some of those from the left assume, and it is just another version of anti-semitism..

Where have I heard similar bullshit?

Oh, yeah, I remember, "are you now, or have you ever been a member of the communist party?"

It is the same old "when did you start beating your wife".

It is the question itself that ASSuMEs that makes the assumption that Jews cannot be trusted.

They were never going to choose Shapiro anyway. There were too many on the left who have a problem with Jews.

an active Hamas supporter. Are you fucking kidding? That is so damned offensive.

And, no, trying to assess whether someone, ANYONE was in the very corrupt and fully Trump-aligned Netanyahu's pocket as opposed to being a firm supporter of Jews and Israel--as well as ALL JEWS right to exist sans discrimination and violent targeting- is appropriate. After all, the campaign would have had to mesh their policies and positions to and with those of their vice presidential candidate. They need to know what is coming.

And to claim Harris was willing to ignore support of Hamas... REALLY? Damned disgusting.

This was vetting for the VP position, for gawd's sakes--the ONE position that cannot be "fired" later on. So, of course a full understanding of the person, their viewpoints, and past are necessary.

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surprisingly was used by some of those "enlightened from the left with their "Abandon Harris groups, genocide Joe, genocide Kamala", etc.

As far as the vetting, that is done by the inteligence services regarding ties to foreign spy organizations.

In the meantime there was and is plenty of antisemitism going on from some on the left, and they weren't shy about it either.

After October 7, the protests, exclusions, and attacks against Jews on college campasses was rampant, along with attacks on Jewish places of worship.

I saw this dual loyalty bullshit against Jews when I was growing up, and it has reared its ugly head among some again.

And, yes, they do have to ask such questions.

is lost on many. Obviously, it was not lost on Governor Shapiro.

It wasn’t lost on me either.

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It's vile.