Show-Me Prog Bloggers Demanding Senator Schmitt Speak Up Against Antisemitism

Don't hold your breath . . .

But, in the meantime, here's the progressively bad argument which naively imagines that this Missouri politico can talking to ANYONE outside of his bubble . . . Check-it . . . 

(Senator) Schmitt has yet to make any public comments about Fuentes, and his office did not respond to requests for comment.

There’s certainly no obligation for elected officials to speak out on every controversy, but Schmitt’s silence in particular is raising eyebrows.

First, he has never hesitated to attack antisemitism when it emanates from the left. Why the sudden reticence when it comes from the right?

Second, Schmitt is only a few weeks removed from a speech at the National Conservatism Conference where he argued the United States is not a nation built on ideas but on the legacy of “settlers and their descendants.” Critics heard echoes in Schmitt’s speech of the old “blood and soil” nationalism that underpinned European fascist movements.

And third, over the summer Schmitt hired a staffer who was previously fired from Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign for circulating a video featuring Nazi imagery. That same staffer previously praised Fuentes’ influence on young men, though he later apologized.

Silence doesn’t equal agreement, and Schmitt’s defenders might argue he shouldn’t dignify Fuentes with attention. Why give an extremist more oxygen?

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MoIndie: Missouri’s Eric Schmitt goes silent as a fight over Nazis and antisemitism roils the GOP

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