If you were not already aware, the recent SREC meeting in Texas has captured attention due to the organization’s failure to include language in a plank or amendment that would have the party disavow and distance itself from anti-Semitic groups and (Neo)Nazis.

I’ve come across various accounts on social media attempting to either deny this occurrence or provide reasons for it. Setting aside those rooted in ignorance, this should have been an opportunity for enlightenment and correction, and the explanations offered so far don’t seem to justify the failure to take this action.

It is disconcerting that individuals whom I share a Republican affiliation with, both this year and the next, cannot bring themselves to make the following statement:

There is no place in our party, our electorate, or any other entities the party engages with for anti-Semitism in any form.

Regardless of one’s stance on the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict, harboring hatred towards anyone based solely on their religious beliefs or national heritage is unacceptable. Innocent women, children, and men suffer injuries or lose their lives daily, and it is intolerable for anyone to commit such acts in the name of values that we, as American citizens, consider fundamental to our very identity.