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The Biden Antisemitism Paradox

In a new poll, voters say Trump, the former antisemite-in-chief, would be better at fighting antisemitism than Biden.

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Here’s what really shocked me, though: Americans, at least those polled by Echelon, who see antisemitism rising everywhere think Donald Trump would be better at fighting it than Biden. Photo: Miriam Alster/POOL/AFP/Getty Images
Julia Ioffe
May 22, 2024

Yesterday, my colleague Peter Hamby published the results of a poll from Puck and Echelon Insights that really crystalizes what’s plaguing the Biden reelection campaign. In short, Americans have the political memories of goldfish. They increasingly interpret the world in ways that don’t actually intersect with reality. For example, crime is falling, but this poll, like several others, shows Americans are worried about crime rising.