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Suicidal saviorism: Why 60% of Michigan Jews voted for an antisemite

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Kendis, S. (2026, November 5). Suicidal saviorism: Why 60% of Michigan Jews voted for an antisemite. Washington Examiner. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4792942/michigan-jewish-vote-suicidal-saviorism/

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Washington Examiner · collected 2026-11-05 · by Sarah Kendis

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The article discusses exit polls showing that 60% of Jews in Michigan voted for a Senate candidate who was openly antisemitic and anti-Zionist. The author expresses dismay at this outcome, noting that the candidate did not merely fail to condemn antisemitism but actively campaigned with harmful rhetoric.
Written by AI on 2026-11-05, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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📰 Michigan Jews Voting For Antisemite
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Sarah Kendis
3 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 That’s how many Michigan Jews early exit polling reveals voted for a candidate who not only couldn’t passively condemn Jew-hate from peers, but actively campaigned on sinister rhetoric himself.
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🔮 The level of misplaced esteem and bursting ego to consider themselves worthy of dictating how another country defends itself would be fairly impressive if not so utterly destructive.
2026-10-07 · assertive framing · From Hamas to campus ‘tentifadas’: The world’s obsession with telling Jews how to die
🔮 As the script demands, Israel and its prime minister are continually railed against as both a genocidal state and war criminals, yet the U.N. is perfectly willing to entertain genuine war criminals, and the TikTok “humanitarians” gathered outside couldn’t be less interested in their stateside presence.
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Jew Jews Michigan Senate Washington

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Jews NORP · 2× Jew NORP · 1× Michigan GPE · 1× Senate ORG · 1× Washington GPE · 1×

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That’s how many Michigan Jews early exit polling reveals voted for a candidate who not only couldn’t passively condemn Jew-hate from peers, but actively campaigned on sinister rhetoric himself.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-11-05
🔮 That’s how many Michigan Jews early exit polling reveals voted for a candidate who not only couldn’t passively condemn Jew-hate from peers, but actively campaigned on sinister rhetoric himself.
2026-11-05 · Washington Examiner
Suicidal saviorism: Why 60% of Michigan Jews voted for an antisemite · assertive framing

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That’s how many Michigan Jews early exit polling reveals voted for a candidate who not only couldn’t passively condemn Jew-hate from peers, but actively campaigned on sinister rhetoric himself. asserted
polling → ’ → rhetoric
That’s how many Jews willingly, even enthusiastically, participated in sending the first explicitly anti-zionist Senate candidate to Washington. asserted
Jews → ’ → Washington
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