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Ted Deutch

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Theodore E. Deutch is a former American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida's 22nd congressional district from 2010 to 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, Deutch focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and environmental protection during his time in office. He was known for his advocacy on behalf of the Jewish community and for his work on foreign affairs, particularly regarding Israel. Deutch was also involved in various legislative efforts aimed at gun control and combating climate change.

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May 23, 2025

we must double down to insure that what we saw last night never happens again and that words of antisemites... be treated as it is.

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May 21, 2025

Sarah and Yaron were stolen from us.

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Jun 12, 2024

We know that state actors are involved in this effort to help divide the people of the United States from one another.

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Jun 12, 2024

What is happening on university campuses in the United States is the threat that everyone from all of the 55 countries represented expects us to confront.

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Jun 12, 2024

The challenge is that now, in too many elementary and middle and high schools, we have seen... an attempt to erase the Jewish contribution in America.

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Jun 12, 2024

I think we should start by expecting that the social media companies enforce their own rules about the kind of content on their platforms that put Jewish students, in particular in recent months, in harm's way.

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Jun 12, 2024

The reason that those lives are at risk is because Hamas will not return the hostages and lay down its arms.

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Jun 12, 2024

It is important for everyone to understand the history of Israel so that these outrageous claims about Israel being a White settler colonialist enterprise.

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Jun 12, 2024

The problem is there aren't sufficient investigators. There aren't enough resources.

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Jun 12, 2024

I think it is really important for the Department to be very clear about what the potential repercussions are for universities.

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Jun 12, 2024

What Congress can do most--and here is what I have learned since I left, here is my message to my former colleagues, and I say this with enormous respect, and not to just make you feel even better about the job you have--you have enormous…

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Jun 12, 2024

It starts with acknowledging that universities have the primary responsibility here.

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Jun 12, 2024

It goes far deeper than that. I think it is appalling that we think we have to call a committee hearing to address something that is so fundamental in the raising of our children.

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Jun 12, 2024

Tens of millions of Americans have been shocked and disgusted by the antisemitic poison we have seen in college campuses.

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Jun 12, 2024

When people are allowed to get on a subway car and say, 'Where are the Zionists? Are the Zionists here? No Zionists here, this is your chance to get out,' that should send a chill down everyone's spine.

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Jun 12, 2024

Antisemitism should not be weaponized as a way to attack those of us who disagree with the policies of Israel's ultra-right government.

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Jun 12, 2024

We have destroyed the nuclear family with different government programs.

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Jun 12, 2024

We make sure it is not just the Holocaust that we are studying, but the contributions of Jewish Americans to our country.

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Jun 12, 2024

You see it by those who are not protesting the policies of an Israeli Government. They are celebrating the atrocities of a terror organization.

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Jun 12, 2024

It is a mystery to me why the Republican leadership here continues to refuse to permit a vote on Congressman Kathy Manning's H.R. 7921.

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Jun 12, 2024

We sit here today and think that a law can be passed to outlaw hate.

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Jun 12, 2024

Acts like this are completely unacceptable, and can't become normalized.

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Jun 12, 2024

We need people to better understand the facts about the Jewish community, the facts about Israel, the facts about the history of antisemitism.

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Jun 12, 2024

The response of many university presidents and chancellors to these events has been woefully inadequate, and completely lacking in leadership.

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