Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D., Fla.), the chairman of the DNC and one of the president’s most prominent Jewish backers, is apparently having trouble convincing her own friends and family that President Obama is a friend of Israel.
While defending Obama’s record in an op-ed published today in the Florida Jewish Journal, Wasserman Schultz admits that her friends and family members routinely forward her emails raising doubts about the president’s support for the Jewish state.
"I hear the rumors, too," Wasserman Schultz wrote in the piece titled "No Smearing a True Friend." "I receive the dubious email forwards from friends and family."
Wasserman Schultz’s office did not respond to a request for comment on the precise nature of these allegedly false email messages.
Wasserman Schultz also made the case that Obama has been exceedingly tough on the Iranian regime, although that country appears resolved to continue its drive for a nuclear weapons capability.
Wasserman Schultz wrote that the ultimate goal of economic sanctions and Obama’s tough rhetoric "is to stop any sinister elements of the Iranian nuclear program and compel Tehran to comply with their obligations under international law."
When asked which elements of Iran’s nuclear program are "sinister" and which are not, Wasserman Schultz’s office again did not respond.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on the other hand, has no doubt about Iran's disputed nuclear program, stating in a speech recently that "Responsible leaders should not bet the security of their countries on the bet that the world’s most dangerous regimes won’t use the worlds most dangerous weapons."