By Thomas Reiner

Written by Thomas Reiner

Editors’ Note: We agree with the author that there is a need for Conservatives to feel solidarity for Israel and the Jewish people. But we must do even more. We must fight the Left and, in some cases, our fellow Democrat citizens. What do we know about the murderer at this time?  According to research conducted by GROK artificial intelligence:

• The suspect, Elias Rodriguez, pictured above,  was associated with far-left groups, notably the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), a Marxist-Leninist organization, and had participated in pro-Palestinian and Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests. In 2017, he spoke at a rally outside then-Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s home, organized by groups including PSL, ANSWER Chicago, and BLM Women of Faith, where he linked the police killing of Laquan McDonald to systemic racism and economic inequality. 
• Donation to Biden Campaign: A Federal Election Commission (FEC) filing indicates that Elias Rodriguez, from the same Chicago neighborhood as the suspect, donated $500 to Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign on March 11, 2020. At this time, it has not been confirmed whether the shooter and the Democratic donor are the same person.
• Connection to a Democratic Congressman: Rodriguez’s father, Eric Rodriguez, was invited by Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García (D-IL) to attend President Donald Trump’s Joint Speech to Congress on March 5, 2025, as a guest. Eric Rodriguez as an Iraq War veteran and Department of Veterans Affairs employee, was recognized by García’s as an advocate against cuts to veterans’ services and for unionized federal employees. 
• Social Media Claims: Some posts on X have linked Rodriguez to far-left progressive organizations and suggested ties to Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-IL), both Democrats, through shared affiliations with groups like United Working Families, which is connected to the Chicago Teachers Union and SEIU.

• Rodriguez flew from Chicago to the Washington, D.C., area on May 20, 2025, reportedly for a work conference, with a legally purchased 9mm handgun in his checked luggage, acquired in Illinois in March 2020. He bought a ticket to the American Jewish Committee’s Young Diplomats reception at the Capital Jewish Museum approximately three hours before the event began. Witnesses observed him pacing outside the museum before he approached a group of four people, including Lischinsky and Milgrim, and opened fire around 9:08 p.m. ET. Surveillance footage showed him firing multiple rounds, reloading, and shooting again at close range after the victims fell. After the shooting, Rodriguez entered the museum, initially mistaken for a distressed bystander, and was offered water by attendees. He was detained by event security and arrested by police after identifying himself as the shooter and revealing where he discarded the weapon. This 9mm handgun was recovered along with 21 spent shell casings and a firearm magazine.

• No doubt, more information about the shooter’s background will be forthcoming. Let’s hope the details are not buried.

“I‘m going to go for now.” – The silence of Ilhan Omar, ignoring the Jewish murders.

Shots rang out in the Washington sky, and Jewish blood was spilled outside the Jewish Museum last night. An ideologically infected zombie deployed the weapon. It wasn’t gunpowder that fueled the bullets that murdered the beautiful Israeli couple. It was an ancient hatred newly modernized. Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky, two Israeli Embassy staffers, were about to be engaged, but now they will be forever together. Their spilled blood was ritually collected, even from the cracks in the stone where they fell, and will be buried along with their bodies.

The hatred of antisemitism has been bubbling into a mad boil since the October 7, 2023, terrorist invasion of Israel when Hamas deliberately slaughtered 1195 people and took hundreds of innocents as hostages. Instead of the world standing strong against this travesty, the infection of hatred against Jewish people festered on college campuses. Rich students cowardly confront fellow Jewish students while incurring $90K annual tuition to don keffiyehs and hide behind masks which the new uniform of Hitler’s Brown Shirts. The cancer is spreading. Uniformed armed police now protect Jewish services in Prescott and Tucson, Arizona. It is probably everywhere. The Democratic Party which had been a bulwark in supporting Jews is now becoming permanently crippled into obscurity and dissolution with fetid haters like Ilhan Omar.

Israel has been the bright burning candle that illuminates the Middle East as well as the world. It uses irrigation pipes to transform the desert into a paradise, whereas Hamas uses the same pipes to construct rocket launchers. Their democracy, which embraces both Jews and Arabs, is to be celebrated, unlike the many tyrannies that surround it. Hatred blinds even the educated. 

Christians, Jews, and Muslims need to condemn this growing hatred in America and proudly stand up and proclaim that we are all Jewish today. For the three people who have never seen “Schindler’s List”, today is the perfect opportunity to watch and learn about redemption from the monstrous jaws of antisemitism. Everyone else should rewatch Spielberg’s masterpiece and remember how hatred will eventually metastasize to destroy all people.

The wayward Keffiyeh KidsTM must be sternly reprimanded for wearing masks where anonymity is a cancer for creating mobs. Just ask the KKK. Students hurling insults at Jews is just the latest fad, where many of them will eventually become Wall Street insiders with lovely, tidy homes. All foreign students who support the terrorist organization Hamas must have their visas revoked, and they must leave America. Debate with passionate sentences is strongly encouraged, but burning buildings are to be met with prison sentences. Infections must be dealt with early, or the entire body can be lost.

Remember that if they can come for Jews today, they will go for you tomorrow. This has been repeated throughout history. It is time to stand with your voice, your feet, and your vote.

We are all Jewish today. 

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