Yay! Rep.-elect Claire Valdez (D-Brooklyn) said Tuesday she’s “appalled by this blatant act of antisemitism,” full stop — referring to vicious “F–k Israel, Free Palestine” graffiti on a fleet of Satmar Hasidic school buses. That the staunch progressive avoided mealy-mouthing about the heinous vandalism as being merely “anti-Zionist” is significant. Her colleague-to-be Brad Lander (D-Brooklyn) — who calls himself a “liberal Zionist,” though he’s close friends with people who want Israel taken off the map — is almost there: He also condemned the vandalism, but qualified it, “Blaming all Jews for the actions of Israel is antisemitism (and you really...
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