Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) discussed the difficulty of being a Jewish member of Congress while calling out far-left House Democrats for their response to the Israel-Hamas war, citing a lack of “progressive love.”
“Being a Jewish member of Congress in the Democratic caucus is very difficult right now, you can imagine,” Phillips said Friday evening on Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO. “There is seemingly a lack of progressive love when it comes to our doorstep, and it’s problematic.”
Since launching his Democratic presidential bid against President Joe Biden, Philips has been increasingly vocal about how the U.S. needs to support Israel, although he’s said he supports resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with a two-state solution in the long term.