Anti-Jewish lies through the ages: ❌ 1300s: Jews poisoned the wells ❌ 1400s: Jews murder children for religious rituals ❌ 1500s: Jews are inherently treacherous sorcerers ❌ 1600s: Jews are economic parasites ❌ 1700s: Jews are secret orchestrators of global revolution ❌ 1800s: Jews control the global currency ❌ 1920s: Jews control the banks and media ❌ 1950s: Jews are "rootless cosmopolitans" ❌ 2000s: Jews orchestrated 9/11 ❌ 2026: Jews stole your bananas and eggs The lies have changed. The hatred for Jews has stayed the same. Cenk Uygur's ad for Abdul El-Sayed isn't selling new politics. It's just recycling old hate.

The New York Times has a new piece asking how much of the opposition to Abdul El-Sayed is anti-Muslim. Honestly, some of it is. But some of it isn't, and we shouldn't pretend otherwise. I don't care what his mother did in Egypt in the 1970s, and it’s not his responsibility what a half-sister he wasn't raised with has posted, including her praise of the 7 October massacres. But I do care that El Sayed did sign a letter supporting the Muslim Brotherhood in 2012. Pointing out he did that is not bigotry. When a man drove his truck into a Michigan synagogue with 140 children inside, El-Sayed condemned it, then released a video the next day explaining that 'hurt people hurt people' because the attacker's relatives (Hezbollah members) had been killed in Lebanon. He apologised five months later, during an election campaign, but reminding people what he said at first isn't bigotry either. He has repeatedly declined to say whether Israel has a right to exist as a Jewish state, and when he condemns terror groups like Hamas and the regime in Iran, it tends to come with a 'but.' We can condemn anti-Muslim sentiment without ignoring antisemitism. It's not hard.

Instead of saying “Jews control the economy,” now they say, “Israel is why oil prices are high.” It’s the same bigotry, just a modern mutation.