“They see Jews as oppressors,” Doug Basler told JNS, accusing Kshama Sawant and another Democratic challenger of viewing Israel through a Marxist lens.
Doug Basler, the Republican seeking to unseat Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), said his immediate focus is not on defeating the longtime congressman but on preventing socialist Kshama Sawant from advancing past the Aug. 4 primary.
Basler told JNS on Monday that Sawant, a former Seattle City Council member, and Democratic challenger Melissa Chaudhry are “antisemitic.”
“They see Jews as oppressors. They see everything through their Marxist lens,” he said. “You’re either an oppressor or oppressed. They see Israel as an oppressor.”
“Marxists don’t like God,” Basler added. “Marxists want the state to be God, and anything that stands between the state and the people has to be eliminated. That’s why they don’t like Jewish people and they don’t like Christians.”