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Watching Ambassador Mike Huckabee on The Record with Greta Van Susteren, you felt the shock of common sense cutting through the chaos when he asked plainly, “How do you hate somebody because they’re Jewish?” His frustration after recounting the sharp rise in anti-Jewish violence was the reaction of a patriot who sees American values under attack and refuses to bow to the fashionable indifference of the elite. The moment underscored what conservatives have been saying all along: hatred cannot be normalized or explained away as mere political disagreement.
That concern is not rhetorical. A recent study highlighted on Van Susteren’s show found antisemitic attacks at levels not seen in decades, a bleak reminder that violence against Jewish communities is surging across multiple countries. This is not an abstract statistic for warm, hard-working Americans; it is a real threat to synagogues, schools, and families who simply want to raise their children in peace. Conservatives must call out this trend loudly and demand accountability from every institution that looks the other way.
Huckabee speaks from a place of responsibility — he is the United States ambassador to Israel, confirmed by the Senate to stand with our closest democratic ally in the most dangerous neighborhood on Earth. His role gives weight to his words, and his outcry is a necessary rebuke to anyone who pretends antisemitism is merely a byproduct of policy differences. When an ambassador whose life has been devoted to defending religious freedom raises the alarm, Washington would be wise to listen and act.
The truth is uncomfortable for many on the Left: the same activists who excuse violence and smother criticism of dictatorships are too often the ones offering moral cover to Jew-hatred. If universities and media outlets allow harassment and intimidation of Jewish students under the guise of protest, they are complicit — and they should be held accountable. Conservative leaders should stop asking permission to defend our allies and start enforcing common-sense standards: protect the campuses, prosecute the perpetrators, and strip visas from foreign agitators who import hatred.
Practical steps matter more than performative sympathy. Law enforcement must be resourced to keep vulnerable communities safe, federal and state governments must tighten penalties for hate crimes, and institutions that enable discriminatory harassment must lose their grants and accreditation until they clean up their act. Republicans have the chance to be the unapologetic party of law, order, and religious liberty — and we should seize it by standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Jewish Americans and Israel without equivocation.
This moment calls for boldness, not timidity. Huckabee’s blunt question should be a rallying cry: Americans of every creed must reject antisemitism and defend the covenant of liberty that made this nation a safe haven for all. We owe it to our Jewish neighbors, to our children, and to the very idea of America to stand firm, speak the truth, and take action.
