Drew Ten Ponies

A lot of people are going to be watching the results of the Michigan race very closely, particularly how Jewish residents vote. If Michigan Jews vote for El-Sayed, as this group encourages them to, then there is zero reason for any Democrat to support Israel ever again. The Democratic base hates Israel and a supermajority believe they have committed "genocide" and most young people hate the government and Israeli people. If a majority of Jews are willing to vote for someone that downplayed a synagogue terrorist attack, said that support for Israel is about "money" and who has expressed sympathy for supporters of antisemitic terrorist groups, then the political calculus becomes very simple: just stop supporting Israel. The lesson Dems will "learn" is that one can go full anti-Zionist, appease their base, and also still garner a majority of Jewish institutional support because Jewish voters don't prioritize Israel much. Further, Republicans will "learn" a separate lesson. If Jews support El-Sayed despite everything he has done, they will realize that there is nothing that will win over substantial numbers of Jews to the GOP because they prioritize a spectrum of progressive agenda items more than Israel or combatting antisemitism. Therefore, it makes political sense to soften support for Israel (JD Vance) or even pander to Groypers (Tucker Carlson, James Fishback). Young Republicans are very skeptical of the Israel-US relationship, so there's something to be gained electorally by catering to this demographic, even if it is immoral and gross. The end result is that many Jews will end up politically sidelined and irrelevant in the US, especially as millennials play a bigger part of the electorate in each successive cycle and Boomers die out. In life, you are treated the way you allow yourself to be treated, and if you reward disrespect you will be disrespected.