From a Swimsuit Model to the Trump Megaphone: The Genesis of 'Jexodus'

[Eugene]

Source: New York Times

From a Swimsuit Model to the Trump Megaphone: The Genesis of ‘Jexodus’

By Sheryl Gay Stolberg
March 22, 2019

WASHINGTON — At 23, Elizabeth Pipko has branded herself on social media as a onetime figure skater, a part-time poet and a former Trump campaign aide, an Instagramista whose feed spotlights her Mar-a-Lago wedding and racy swimsuit and lingerie modeling shots.

But when President Trump latched onto Ms. Pipko’s concept of a “Jexodus” — a fledging, and some would say crass, effort by Republicans to woo Jews away from the Democratic Party — even Democratic leaders found themselves defensively responding to a young woman they did not know existed a month ago.

The rise of Ms. Pipko and the notion of a Jexodus — there is no evidence that any such thing is occurring — is an object lesson in how an idea can migrate from a no-name messenger to the broad body politic, through the organ of Fox News and the megaphone of the president’s Twitter account.

“We left Egypt, and now we’re leaving the Democratic Party,” Ms. Pipko declared last week on “Fox & Friends,” the president’s favorite television program, prompting a flurry of tweets about Jexodus from Mr. Trump, and an angry retort from Representative Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland, the House Democratic leader.

Link to tweet

About that exodus: Some 79 percent of Jews voted for Democrats in last year’s midterm elections, according to exit polling data, up from the 71 percent who voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016 and the 69 percent who voted for Barack Obama in 2012. And Jews take a dim view of Mr. Trump, according to a 2018 Gallup poll that found that just 26 percent of Jews approved of the president’s performance, the lowest of any major religious group.

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Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/22/us/politics/swimsuit-model-trump-jews.html

[TlalocW]

1. They tried the same thing with Blexit

According to an African-American FB acquaintance who conflates feminism with communism and just really, really hates independent women, the Kavanaugh hearing was going to be the catalyst that started the Black Exit/Blexit of the democratic party because Black men could sympathize with Kavanaugh "being accused of things he didn't do," etc. The movement was supposed to be led by Kanye who apparently got back on his meds and Candace Owens. The democrats do need to step up and be sure to be grateful in deed and not just word to both Black people and non-Caucasians in general and Jewish people for continued support. They've literally been instrumental in keeping the country from getting worse than it already is by getting out the vote like against Roy Moore, 2018 elections, etc.

TlalocW

[Gothmog]

2. Jews are not leaving the Democratic party

Link to tweet

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[MosheFeingold]

3. I suggest you go read

Some Hasidic blogs some day. Some are in English. Or join a shul with newer Russia-immigrated members.

They are off-the-chart Republican.

Doing questionable gematria that shows "Donald J Trump" is the next Cyrus the Great.

[Gothmog]

4. I am member of a reformed Temple and Bibi is not very popular there

Several years ago, I was one of the members of the committee that established a Kosher Chili Cookoff. The Houston community has to use two groups to certify events because the ultra orthodox do not trust the rest of the community. The final version of the first year rules went through 21 drafts.

I was at the ADL attorney event a couple of weeks ago and the ultra-orthodox had the salad option again because they did not trust the group most of the Temples use to certify event.

BTW, my scout group won the first year Kosher Chili Cookoff. I did not make it this year

I suspect that the Democratic nominee will get 70+% of the Jewish vote this cycle.

[MosheFeingold]

5. Probably true

But the antisemitism of Rashida Tlaib (who called for a "one state solution" -- i.e., genocide of all Jews in Israel) -- and Ilan Omar and -- more importantly -- the failure of our party to condemn them -- or worse, tacit agreement in some limited circles -- is a real problem.

I am seriously disappointed in our leaders.