Universities are bracing for a return of protests this term, which has already begun on campuses like Cornell. University officials are attempting to straddle the issue while facing pressure to cut off ties to Israel.
The use of the two conflicting letters was revealed by a mother and daughter who had written as constituents to Rep. Wild in support of Israel. They received not one but two letters in response.
In the pro-Israel letter, Wild said she was “outraged, devastated, and heartbroken” over the “vicious” Hamas attack. She pledged to “do everything I can as your representative to ensure Israel has the ability and capacity to restore and maintain its security and safety of all its citizens.”
In the pro-Palenstinian letter, Wild said she was “outraged, devastated, and heartbroken” over the “unspeakable tragedy continuing to unfold in Gaza.” In calling for an “immediate ceasefire,” she decried how the Israeli military “has inflicted devastation on staggering numbers of innocent Palestinian children, families, and civilians in Gaza.”
These were not the first conflicting pitches by Wild on the issue.
In March 2019, Wild told a reporter she was “one of the most pro-Israel members of Congress.” Yet, days earlier, she spoke at a fundraiser for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) alongside Marc Lamont Hill, whom CNN had fired months earlier for urging to “free Palestine from the river to the sea.”
A year later, Wild was criticized for reportedly organized a birthday fundraiser for American Friends Service Committee, a left-wing group that accuses Israel of the “root causes” of the Hamas attack and has called for “decriminalizing Hamas.”
Many have called this the “post-truth” election because many voters seem to tone out contradictions on both sides – voting on type of red pill-blue pill political basis. Candidates like Rep. Wild are counting on that blind voting pattern to carry them over for another term.
