Gov. Abbot calls San Marcos TX residents antisemitic for not wanting their $4.4 million tax dollars sent to Israel

[Anonymous]

So just to be clear, Greg Abbott is saying that if a city wants to keep their money in Texas instead of Israel, then that's anti-Texas. Hmm...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can people please use their intellectual powers? Cities in the US are not funding specific conflicts and the website above is so biased it states Israel is Palestinian land. Talk about muddying the waters.

We take the tax money from the people in the cities (and other areas) and we use it to fund conflicts among other uses. Yes we do. And the taxpayers are perfectly entitled to object to or support all of the items in the budget.

Nikki Haley was writing "finish them" on bombs. Kamala Harris said she would do the same as ineffectual Biden.

Trump is a disaster, but after election day I had a tiny shred of hope that an "America First" President would keep our tax dollars at home instead of funding wars all over the globe. Now I am becoming a one issue voter in that I will vote for anyone who runs on stopping our tax dollars from funding Ukraine and Israel. Our weapons spending economy is immoral.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can people please use their intellectual powers? Cities in the US are not funding specific conflicts and the website above is so biased it states Israel is Palestinian land. Talk about muddying the waters.

We take the tax money from the people in the cities (and other areas) and we use it to fund conflicts among other uses. Yes we do. And the taxpayers are perfectly entitled to object to or support all of the items in the budget.

Nikki Haley was writing "finish them" on bombs. Kamala Harris said she would do the same as ineffectual Biden.

Trump is a disaster, but after election day I had a tiny shred of hope that an "America First" President would keep our tax dollars at home instead of funding wars all over the globe. Now I am becoming a one issue voter in that I will vote for anyone who runs on stopping our tax dollars from funding Ukraine and Israel. Our weapons spending economy is immoral.

Unfortunately, America needs many more of you to offset the radical, extremist Zionists whose anti-American one-issue vote will always go to whomever will prioritize Israel over everything else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why are we giving a religious nationalist fascist country this insane amount of taxpayer money?

Evangelical Christians believe that Jesus will come again and are laser focused on trying to make it happen as soon as possible. According to them, Jesus will only come if there is an Armageddon in Palestine and that will only happen if the Jews have taken over full control of Palestine and eliminated everyone else there.

I’m not making this up. Evangelicals believe so much in this they are willing to put their money where their mouths are and pay pay pay. And they’re organized and willing to play the long game so they have become insanely influential in politics. Much more than AIPAC. They influence local, state and federal elections, have members in Congress, and want judges on the Supreme Court.

Texas has a significant evangelical population and Abbott knows this. He’s playing to the voter base. Vice did a great, short explanation of the connection between evangelicals, their money and Zionism and seeing where we are today it all starts to make sense. https://youtu.be/Fo77sTGpngQ?si=HbDNSMT_1rG8o3ko

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are we giving a religious nationalist fascist country this insane amount of taxpayer money?

Evangelical Christians believe that Jesus will come again and are laser focused on trying to make it happen as soon as possible. According to them, Jesus will only come if there is an Armageddon in Palestine and that will only happen if the Jews have taken over full control of Palestine and eliminated everyone else there.

I’m not making this up. Evangelicals believe so much in this they are willing to put their money where their mouths are and pay pay pay. And they’re organized and willing to play the long game so they have become insanely influential in politics. Much more than AIPAC. They influence local, state and federal elections, have members in Congress, and want judges on the Supreme Court.

Texas has a significant evangelical population and Abbott knows this. He’s playing to the voter base. Vice did a great, short explanation of the connection between evangelicals, their money and Zionism and seeing where we are today it all starts to make sense. https://youtu.be/Fo77sTGpngQ?si=HbDNSMT_1rG8o3ko

So Evangelicals are okay letting a genocide happen to Palestinians as long as it allows Jesus to return. Doesn't sound very Christian to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So just to be clear, Greg Abbott is saying that if a city wants to keep their money in Texas instead of Israel, then that's anti-Texas. Hmm...

The U.S. Constitution's Establishment Clause, part of the First Amendment, prohibits the government from establishing or favoring any religion

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So just to be clear, Greg Abbott is saying that if a city wants to keep their money in Texas instead of Israel, then that's anti-Texas. Hmm...

The U.S. Constitution's Establishment Clause, part of the First Amendment, prohibits the government from establishing or favoring any religion

Oh Trump should dress up like the most powerful Rabbi and post that on true social. And while he is at it, he should do the supreme leader and the dalai lama. Why just play costume with the pope when he should be doing it with all of the religions?.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So just to be clear, Greg Abbott is saying that if a city wants to keep their money in Texas instead of Israel, then that's anti-Texas. Hmm...

The U.S. Constitution's Establishment Clause, part of the First Amendment, prohibits the government from establishing or favoring any religion

Oh Trump should dress up like the most powerful Rabbi and post that on true social. And while he is at it, he should do the supreme leader and the dalai lama. Why just play costume with the pope when he should be doing it with all of the religions?.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are we giving a religious nationalist fascist country this insane amount of taxpayer money?

Evangelical Christians believe that Jesus will come again and are laser focused on trying to make it happen as soon as possible. According to them, Jesus will only come if there is an Armageddon in Palestine and that will only happen if the Jews have taken over full control of Palestine and eliminated everyone else there.

I’m not making this up. Evangelicals believe so much in this they are willing to put their money where their mouths are and pay pay pay. And they’re organized and willing to play the long game so they have become insanely influential in politics. Much more than AIPAC. They influence local, state and federal elections, have members in Congress, and want judges on the Supreme Court.

Texas has a significant evangelical population and Abbott knows this. He’s playing to the voter base. Vice did a great, short explanation of the connection between evangelicals, their money and Zionism and seeing where we are today it all starts to make sense. https://youtu.be/Fo77sTGpngQ?si=HbDNSMT_1rG8o3ko

So Evangelicals are okay letting a genocide happen to Palestinians as long as it allows Jesus to return. Doesn't sound very Christian to me.

Essentially, yes. Because that’s the only way that Jesus will come again. Watch the explanation in the Vice video. It isn’t a conspiracy theory. The Evangelicals flat out say it. There are even tour groups that go to Israel (and Israeli tour guides) so show them all the places that the Bible says the caliphate will occur and where Jesus will show up. Follow the money. The video is 6-7 years old, and it’s about 13 minutes long but it’s a fascinating Vice report.

The evangelical Christians have an enormous amount of political power.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can see how much of your tax dollars are going to aid Israel. Some of the numbers in our area:

Virginia, $500,118,721
Maryland, $374,753,739
Washington DC: $73,466,837

Baltimore, Maryland: $42,205,076
Arlington, Virginia: $18,876,152
Silver Spring, Maryland: $5,738,434
Reston, Virginia, $4,716,280
Bethesda, Maryland: $4,641,140

https://www.notmytaxdollars.org/

What a terrible waste of funds that could be used for schools, roads, housing or other domestic projects.

What’s crazy to me is that these numbers were from 2024, under a Biden presidency. I bet we were sending insane amounts to Israel under all of ‘em - Bush, Obama, Trump, Biden. It’s good we are pushing back now but I don’t even know if this is a red vs blue issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't see anything antisemitic about wanting your taxes to be used for local issues rather than funding aid to a foreign nation, especially one that has better access to public services than we do.

It's tiring constantly hearing how being anti-Israel is equated to anti-semitism.

None of this has anything to do with antisemitism. Nothing.

The "antisemitism" trope is something Stephen Miller (who, embarrassingly, is Jewish) came up with to justify kidnapping brown people and anyone with a foreign accent who dares to express even the slightest positive hope for an end to the war in Gaza.

And now Stephen Miller et al use "antisemitism" to smear anyone who doesn't like what Trump and Musk are doing to the American government and economy. Again, it has nothing to do with antisemitism. Nothing.

You can be 100% pro-Israel (I am), and still hate what the current Israeli government is doing. And everyone, no matter their status in the US, is protected by the First Amendment and has the right to express their views and criticize Israel if they choose to. That's their constitutionally protected right, and it's yours too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are we giving a religious nationalist fascist country this insane amount of taxpayer money?

Evangelical Christians believe that Jesus will come again and are laser focused on trying to make it happen as soon as possible. According to them, Jesus will only come if there is an Armageddon in Palestine and that will only happen if the Jews have taken over full control of Palestine and eliminated everyone else there.

I’m not making this up. Evangelicals believe so much in this they are willing to put their money where their mouths are and pay pay pay. And they’re organized and willing to play the long game so they have become insanely influential in politics. Much more than AIPAC. They influence local, state and federal elections, have members in Congress, and want judges on the Supreme Court.

Texas has a significant evangelical population and Abbott knows this. He’s playing to the voter base. Vice did a great, short explanation of the connection between evangelicals, their money and Zionism and seeing where we are today it all starts to make sense. https://youtu.be/Fo77sTGpngQ?si=HbDNSMT_1rG8o3ko

So Evangelicals are okay letting a genocide happen to Palestinians as long as it allows Jesus to return. Doesn't sound very Christian to me.

Essentially, yes. Because that’s the only way that Jesus will come again. Watch the explanation in the Vice video. It isn’t a conspiracy theory. The Evangelicals flat out say it. There are even tour groups that go to Israel (and Israeli tour guides) so show them all the places that the Bible says the caliphate will occur and where Jesus will show up. Follow the money. The video is 6-7 years old, and it’s about 13 minutes long but it’s a fascinating Vice report.

The evangelical Christians have an enormous amount of political power.

Shame on any person who uses scriptures and religious texts to justify racism, ethnic cleansing and genocide. If these people are so passionate about killing innocents then they should go join IDF in their war crimes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can see how much of your tax dollars are going to aid Israel. Some of the numbers in our area:

Virginia, $500,118,721
Maryland, $374,753,739
Washington DC: $73,466,837

Baltimore, Maryland: $42,205,076
Arlington, Virginia: $18,876,152
Silver Spring, Maryland: $5,738,434
Reston, Virginia, $4,716,280
Bethesda, Maryland: $4,641,140

https://www.notmytaxdollars.org/

What a terrible waste of funds that could be used for schools, roads, housing or other domestic projects.

That’s the US government and not related to local politics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can people please use their intellectual powers? Cities in the US are not funding specific conflicts and the website above is so biased it states Israel is Palestinian land. Talk about muddying the waters.

We take the tax money from the people in the cities (and other areas) and we use it to fund conflicts among other uses. Yes we do. And the taxpayers are perfectly entitled to object to or support all of the items in the budget.

Nikki Haley was writing "finish them" on bombs. Kamala Harris said she would do the same as ineffectual Biden.

Trump is a disaster, but after election day I had a tiny shred of hope that an "America First" President would keep our tax dollars at home instead of funding wars all over the globe. Now I am becoming a one issue voter in that I will vote for anyone who runs on stopping our tax dollars from funding Ukraine and Israel. Our weapons spending economy is immoral.

Because an empowered Putin and revived Hamas advance US interests?

Why don’t we give Iran some nuclear ICBMs just to complete your trifecta of stupidity?