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ericson00

(2,707 posts) Mon Nov 21, 2016, 05:06 AM Nov 2016

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Dershowitz booed at ZOA dinner for pointing out Clinton won popular vote

http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Dershowitz-booed-at-ZOA-dinner-for-pointing-out-Clinton-won-popular-vote-473227

American Jewish jurist professor Alan Dershowitz was booed during his speech at the Zionist Organization of America’s annual gala dinner on Sunday night for reminding the audience that the US presidential contest “was a tie election, that one person won the electoral and one person won the popular vote.”

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Although he was expected to attend the dinner, US President-elect Donald Trump’s newly appointed chief strategist Steve Bannon was not present on Sunday night.

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“I don't ever want to see ZOA, and I'm not suggesting this is happening, become the mirror image opposite of J Street, because that causes tremendous division within the Zionist community,” he continued. “The Zionist Organization of America should not take sides on Israeli domestic politics or on American domestic politics.”

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Dershowitz booed at ZOA dinner for pointing out Clinton won popular vote (Original Post) ericson00 Nov 2016 OP

why would he be booed? Who was booing? Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #1

Yeah, don't get this... unless booing him for other reasons? InAbLuEsTaTe Nov 2016 #2

Bc hes a moderate, yet the left demonizes him ericson00 Nov 2016 #3

Maybe because that is what he is A neocon katmondoo Nov 2016 #4

ZOA is an extreme rightwing, racist hate group. geek tragedy Nov 2016 #5

Fast Walker 52

(7,723 posts)

1. why would he be booed? Who was booing?

Reply to ericson00 (Original post)

Mon Nov 21, 2016, 07:40 AM

Nov 2016

InAbLuEsTaTe

(24,544 posts)

2. Yeah, don't get this... unless booing him for other reasons?

Reply to Fast Walker 52 (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 21, 2016, 08:39 AM

Nov 2016

ericson00

(2,707 posts)

3. Bc hes a moderate, yet the left demonizes him

Reply to Fast Walker 52 (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 21, 2016, 08:48 AM

Nov 2016

And calls him a neocon, etc.

katmondoo

(6,495 posts)

4. Maybe because that is what he is A neocon

Reply to ericson00 (Reply #3)

Mon Nov 21, 2016, 09:15 AM

Nov 2016

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)

5. ZOA is an extreme rightwing, racist hate group.

Reply to ericson00 (Original post)

Mon Nov 21, 2016, 10:34 AM

Nov 2016

Virtually every person other than Dershowitz in that room voted for Trump.

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