1. He is more liberal than I am in many areas, including health care, but that’s OK. It takes different viewpoints to work our way toward practical solutions.
2. Given the demographics of our country and the realities of global politics, the Senate would benefit from having a Muslim member.
3. As a Jew, I am deeply concerned with many of his views on Israel. He equates their government with Hamas, and does not seem to acknowledge their right to exist as a Jewish state. He claims to oppose all “ethnostates” but I’m not sure I’ve heard him criticize any ones other than the only Jewish one. I acknowledge very legitimate criticisms of Israel’s conduct toward the Palestinians. But in my view, he goes much too far.
I understand others feel differently in all these points and especially the last. I’m not going to enter a debate on the topic. I wanted to answer your question (especially because I deeply respect your own views on these issues). But if any responses to this go off the rails I’ll take this down immediately.
