The resolution makes a dangerous conflation—and quite a few Democrats gave their wholehearted support.

Ninety-five Democrats helped the House GOP pass its disingenuous resolution against antisemitism on Tuesday, which effectively condemns any criticism of the Israeli state. House Resolution 894 falsely states that “anti-Zionism is antisemitism” and criticizes several protest chants for Palestinian freedom that are protected by the First Amendment, including “From the River to the Sea,” “Palestine Will Be Free,” and “Gaza Will Win.” It passed with 311 votes in its favor, 14 against it (13 of them Democrats), and 92 present votes from Democrats.

“The resolution suggests that all anti-Zionism—it states—is antisemitism. That’s either intellectually disingenuous or just factually wrong,” said New York Representative Jerry Nadler, who voted present. “The authors if they were at all familiar with Jewish history & culture should know about Jewish anti-Zionism that was and is expressly not antisemitic. This resolution ignores the fact that even today, certain Orthodox Hasidic Jewish communities … have held views that are at odds with the modern Zionist conception.” Notably, some of the yea votes came from Democrats who have also supported calls for a cease-fire, including Representatives Kweisi Mfume, Maxwell Frost, Jared Huffman, Terri Sewell, and Sanford Bishop Jr.

Here are the 95 Democrats who voted for the resolution:

Alma Adams
Colin Allred
Gabe Amo
Jake Auchincloss
Ami Bera
Sanford D. Bishop Jr.
Lisa Blunt Rochester
Julia Brownley
Nikki Budzinski
Yadira Caraveo
Salud Carbajal
Matt Cartwright
Kathy Castor
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
Steve Cohen
Jim Costa
Joe Courtney
Angie Craig
Jason Crow
Henry Cuellar
Don Davis
Rosa DeLauro
Chris Deluzio
Anna Eshoo
Lizzie Fletcher
Lois Frankel
Maxwell Frost
Ruben Gallego
Jared Golden
Vicente Gonzalez
Josh Gottheimer
Josh Harder
Jahana Hayes
Brian Higgins
Jim Himes
Steven Horsford
Steny Hoyer
Jared Huffman
Jeff Jackson
William Keating
Derek Kilmer
Ann Kuster
Greg Landsman
John Larson
Susie Lee
Mike Levin
Stephen Lynch
Kathy Manning
Doris Matsui
Kweisi Mfume
Joe Morelle
Jared Moskowitz
Seth Moulton
Frank J. Mrvan
Richard Neal
Joe Neguse
Wiley Nickel
Donald Norcross
Frank Pallone Jr.
Jimmy Panetta
Chris Pappas
Bill Pascrell Jr.
Mary Peltola
Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez
Scott Peters
Brittany Pettersen
Mike Quigley
C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger
Adam Schiff
Brad Schneider
Hillary Scholten
Kim Schrier
David Scott
Terri Sewell
Brad Sherman
Elissa Slotkin
Adam Smith
Eric Sorensen
Darren Soto
Abigail Spanberger
Melanie Stansbury
Greg Stanton
Haley Stevens
Eric Swalwell
Emilia Sykes
Shri Thanedar
Mike Thompson
Dina Titus
Norma Torres
Ritchie Torres
David Trone
Juan Vargas
Marc Veasey
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Frederica Wilson

Just 14 lawmakers voted against the resolution, including Representatives Jamaal Bowman, Cori Bush, Gerald Connolly, Jesús Garcia, Raúl Grijalva, Pramila Jayapal, Summer Lee, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, Delia Ramirez, Bonnie Watson Coleman, and Congress’s only Palestinian representative, Rashida Tlaib. The small Democratic crowd was also joined by one Republican congressman, Representative Thomas Massie. “Unfortunately, the extreme Republican resolution, H.Res. 894, does absolutely nothing to counter antisemitism, and it only seeks to divide us and weaponize Jewish lives for political gains,” said Representative Jan Schakowsky, one of 26 Jewish members of the House who has called for an end to the Israel-Hamas conflict. “It includes an overly broad definition of antisemitism that could deem any criticism of the Israeli government as antisemitic. This resolution has been rushed to the floor without careful and considerate collaboration.”

As of Monday, 15,899 Palestinians—at least 70 percent of them women and children—have been killed in the conflict since the initial attack by Hamas, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.

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