Washington Democratic Chair Defends New Anti-Israel, Pro-Reparations Platform

Washington Democratic chair defends new anti-Israel, pro-reparations platform

Nearly three weeks after the Washington State Democratic Party adopted a controversial party platform that supports reparations and made anti-Israel statements, Democratic Party Chair Shasti Conrad told The Center Square they are excited to be leading the nation with their platform. “Proud that it appears to be that we're the first state in the country to take up making sure reparations were a part of our platform," Conrad said. "It was very muc…

Washington Democrats adopt platform embracing reparations, failed homeless policies, blaming Israel for antisemitism, promoting 'non women' and rejecting merit

The Washington State Democratic Party has adopted a sweeping 76-page party platform that calls for reparations, rejects merit-based higher education, blames Israel for rising antisemitism, embraces policies that have already failed to address homelessness, and rewrites portions of its language on women to include “non-women.” The platform, approved by more than 1,000 delegates during the party’s June state convention in Spokane, serves as the pa…

Washington state Democratic Party spoke 'for us without including us' in anti-Israel platform, Jewish caucus co-chair says

(JNS) — Leaders of the Washington State Democratic Party added anti-Israel statements, including blaming the Jewish state for rising antisemitism, in the party’s newly adopted platform without consulting with the Jewish Caucus of the Washington state legislative, Democratic state senator Jesse Salomon, co-chair of the caucus, told JNS. The platform states that “there has been a dramatic resurgence...