Democrats are engulfed in behind-the-scenes battles over Israel’s war against Hamas, as leftist staffers in both the Democratic National Committee and the State Department voice increasingly strident demands for a cease-fire — threatening to tear the party asunder amid President Biden’s re-election effort.
“The president centered his 2020 campaign on a ‘Battle for the Soul of the Nation,’ but it seems as though the administration is currently in a battle for its own soul,” an unnamed DNC official told Axios Saturday.
“I don’t know how you can see supporting the large-scale killing of Palestinian civilians as anything but immoral,” the official said.
“This promises to be a long, grueling campaign, and the president is making it even harder” by supporting Israel, another party leader grumbled.