"He is obviously choosing his words carefully, but the message is pretty clear: "slandering" Republicans with warnings about rising antisemitism is a bigger problem than GOP antisemitism itself - so people like Ted Cruz, who has been issuing such warnings, should put a sock in it. This follows Vance's earlier "boys will be boys" dismissal of concerns raised by a tranche of Young Republican text chains loaded with antisemitic tropes and outright admiration for Adolf Hitler."
"It was conquered and eventually swallowed by Donald Trump 's MAGA movement, which provides the real answer to Vance's question. While your average Republican may not have become more prone to antisemitism during the party's transformation into a vehicle for Trump's distinctive brand of right-wing politics, MAGA has built a big new tent in which, for the first time in many decades, antisemites and their fellow travelers are welcome."
J.D. Vance minimizes claims that the Republican Party is substantially more antisemitic now than a decade ago, labeling such claims "slanderous" while saying antisemitism and racism are wrong. He rebukes warnings from figures like Ted Cruz and previously downplayed Young Republican text chains containing antisemitic tropes and praise for Adolf Hitler. The MAGA movement, centered on Donald Trump, expanded the party's tent and created space where antisemites and sympathetic figures find welcome and influence. Vance's reluctance to withdraw that implicit welcome undermines efforts to confront and remove antisemitic elements from the movement.
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