The James ad made no mention of the imagery, and James said its inclusion was a “terrible error.”.The PAC’s ad also highlights a June television interview on WDIV in Detroit during which James criticized both the Republican and Democratic parties for “genuflecting for working-class white males and for college-educated women and for our Jewish friends” while ignoring Black voters.The digital ad is part of the council’s effort to target Jewish voters in Michigan and increase support for incumbent Democratic Sen. Gary Peters.The council claims James has “invoked antisemitic language, imagery and tropes” in his campaign, but James campaign spokesperson Abby Walls said this is “a baseless and completely hollow attack.”.Halie Soifer, executive director of the Jewish Democratic Council of America, defended the ad, saying it was “important for the more than 100,000 Jewish voters in Michigan to consider as they cast a vote for the U.S. Senate.” Soifer stands by its claims that James has invoked anti-Semitism.“I wouldn’t call James anti-Semitic,” said Karla Goldman, a professor of Judaic studies at the University of Michigan.But given the rise in anti-Semitic incidents in the U.S. in recent years, Goldman said, “voters might say, in this context, there are no innocent mistakes.
The Jewish Democratic Council of America, a political action committee that advocates for Jewish priorities, is targeting Michigan Republican Senate candidate John James with an ad … Republican Michigan Senate candidate John James is calling for “unity” in the wake of George Floyd’s death. My guess would be it’s not fair.”.In a 2018 campaign ad, James identified a number of problems he would help address if elected.When James talked about addressing “failing schools,” the ad showed an image of an empty school hallway. The Jewish Democratic Council of America, a political action committee that advocates for Jewish priorities, is targeting Michigan Republican Senate candidate John James with an ad that links him to anti-Semitism.The ad points to two examples as evidence that James has been “caught red-handed trafficking in anti-Semitism,” which the ad says is “at an all-time high because of people like John James and Donald Trump.”,The first was an ad James aired during his unsuccessful 2018 campaign against Michigan Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow that included an image of a swastika. He served as captain of two Apache helicopter platoons during Operation Iraqi Freedom. A major labor union’s attack ad targets Michigan Republican Senate candidate John James for his position on health care. The ad that will begin statewide on Friday paints a stark contrast between combat veteran James and his opponent, a self-serving career politician. On a piece of paper pinned to the bulletin board on the left side of the hallway was an image of a swastika.“That was an intentional subliminal message,” Jen Strayer, a Democratic political consultant, wrote in a Facebook post.“His team is either too lazy to spotcheck their ads or they’re willfully pushing out this type of imagery,” said Lonnie Scott, executive director of the liberal nonprofit Progress Michigan.James dismissed these comments, which he said revealed “how low people are willing to go” to smear him.He said the image’s inclusion was a mistake. This is the only country where you can go from slave to senator in four generations and poverty to prosperity in one’ James says,Livonia, Mich. – The John James for Senate campaign today.“My dad, the storyteller—He told me how the son of a slave became the son of a sharecropper, the son of a sharecropper became a mason, and the son of a mason became an entrepreneur,” James says sitting alongside his father.The ad is set to run statewide beginning on Tuesday.“I’m proud to teach my sons that this is the only country where you can go from slave to Senator in four generations and poverty to prosperity in one,” James continues.Last month James began a statewide tour, meeting with farmers, business owners and workers from Michigan’s neglected neighborhoods and forgotten farms to share his.James is a Detroit businessman and combat veteran. A new attack ad from Republican challenger John James uses a February Fox News interview to accuse Michigan Democratic U.S. Sen. Gary Peters of “downplaying” the coronavirus pandemic.
— A new ad released today by the John James for Senate campaign showcases James’ readiness to lead all of Michigan. The number of such incidents doubled in Michigan between 2018 and 2019, ADL found.Jonathan Greenblatt, the chief executive of the ADL, has attributed the increase to political leaders who repeat the rhetoric of extremists and social media platforms that allows prejudice to grow.During the final stretch of the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump released an ad featuring financier George Soros, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, and Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein — all Jews — and warned voters that American and global leaders “partner with these people that don’t have your good in mind.” Some said the ad played on anti-Semitic tropes about prominent Jews controlling the “levers of power.”,And after white nationalists marched in Charlottesville in 2017, giving Nazi salutes and chanting “Jews will not replace us,” Trump described the protesters and counterprotesters as including “some very fine people on both sides.”.But James himself is not a catalyst for this kind of violence, Goldman said.“Would John James lead to more anti-Semitism?
After his military service, James joined the family business – an automotive logistics company – and helped the company grow and provide quality jobs in Detroit.A full transcript of the ad can be found below:Stay connected with updates from John and learn how you can help!17336 Laurel Park Drive N, Suite P-30, Livonia, MI 48152.Use of John James’ military rank, job titles, and photographs in uniform does not imply endorsement by the Department of the Army or the Department of Defense.John James Shares His Family Story In New Ad.