Top Democratic House candidate attacked by anti-Israel activists for “silence”
Iowa Democrat Christina Bohannan is facing attacks from voters in her own party, who are frustrated with what they call her “silence” over Israel’s war against Palestinian terrorists.
A voter held up a sign reading “if no Israeli arms embargo, no vote” at a recent meet-and-greet hosted by Bohannan. Enough anti-Israel demonstrators showed up that Bohannan, who was supposed to mingle with the audience after her remarks, left immediately, according to the Daily Iowan. The outlet noted that the protesters gathered “to speak out against Democratic Congressional candidate Christina Bohannan’s silence on the Israel-Hamas war.”
“I am having an internal moral quandary over whether I can vote for anyone who supports what is being done to Palestinians,” one attendee said.
Despite the barbarism of Hamas’s October 7 attacks on Israeli civilians, and the continued illegal hostage-holding by Palestinian terrorists in Gaza, Bohannan is adamant that there is no “consensus” in Iowa’s 1st District on the issue.
“I will also say there is very little consensus on this issue, sadly,” she told The Gazette following the one-year anniversary of the attacks. “I wish there were. I wish we had consensus on what we should be doing there. My district, I think, is split almost exactly half and half on this issue.
Bohannan is facing Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R., Iowa), who told the Washington Reporter that “Bohannan either doesn’t know the difference between right and wrong or is too afraid of upsetting her far-left base. Either way, she cannot be trusted to be a strong advocate of the U.S.-Israel relationship and does not belong in Congress.”
For Miller-Meeks, the consensus in her district is clear: “Most voters in Iowa’s First Congressional District support Israel’s right to defend itself and its people,” she said. “Its very existence is at stake.”
The two candidates will face off in a debate, which will likely feature discussion on foreign policy issues, on Monday evening.