Yes, the anti-"hate" bill is an act of cowardice, but Dems seized on it to take the opportunity to villainize America once again

Sure, H.R. 1 is the result of fear on House leadership's part that if it didn't ignore the specific anti-Semitism that Omar is rapidly legitimizing, her fury would take yet another quantum leap.

But while watering it down, the leadership said, "Well, okay, let's use the opportunity to further entrench the notion that America is basically a moral flawed nation in the public's mind.

The litany of victims trotted out for specific mention reads like a rant at Unitarian coffee hour:

The final version of the resolution “encourages all public officials to confront the reality of anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, racism, and other forms of bigotry, as well as historical struggles against them, to ensure that the United States will live up to the transcendent principles of tolerance, religious freedom, and equal protection as embodied in the Declaration of Independence and the first and 14th amendments to the Constitution.”

It also includes language condemning Japanese internment camps in World War II, the century-old Dreyfus affair in France, former President Kennedy being questioned over Catholicism and the white supremacist events in Charlottesville, Va., in 2017.

Democrats made a last-minute change Thursday to add Latinos, Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders, and the LGBT community to the list of "traditionally persecuted peoples" targeted by white supremacists. The previous version unveiled earlier in the day only included "African-Americans, Native Americans, and other people of color, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, immigrants, and others."

BTW, shouldn't that be "Latinx"?

Will this be a bridge too far for Jewish Democrats?

"Why are we unable to singularly condemn anti-Semitism?" Rep. Ted Deutch (D-Fla.) said on the floor earlier in the day. "Why can't we call it anti-Semitism and show we've learned the lessons of history?”

Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said on the floor shortly before the vote Thursday evening that Omar's comments "touched a very real, very raw place for me."

"And my desire for the House to go on record again specifically condemning anti-Semitism wasn't a desire to single the gentlewoman out or to stifle debate on U.S. policy toward Israel," Engel said. "But it was a desire and need to say that certain words, no matter who utters them, have no place in our public discourse and indeed can be very dangerous." 

Why not indeed, Rep. Deutch.

Behold what's become of the party you've affiliated yourself with.

You and it may not be a fit anymore.