Inna Vernikov on Fighting Antisemitism and Supporting Israel

The first priority for me when I came into office was to have a hearing exposing the anti-semitism on our college campuses. And so it's really important that we a expose what's going on in these campuses, that we have consequences for the perpetrators like the professors and a lot of the students, a lot of whom are foreign students, and that we hold leadership accountable on these campuses. And unfortunately, there aren't too many leaders and public officials who are doing that because they're afraid and they're playing politics with Jewish lives. So, a lot of people, especially in local politics, don't want to talk about Israel. Uh, but I'm going to continue talking about Israel, how important it is, not just for the Jewish community, but for the world. Some people don't realize that Israel is fighting our battle. Israel is a light unto the nations, and it is a beacon of light and hope in the Middle East. Everyone around Israel wants to kill them. And not just Israel, they want to get rid of America and Western values. Every time you find protesters and riers talking about Israel, criticizing Israel, saying they want to get rid of Israel, those people are always going to be anti-America and anti-western values. That's why it cannot just be the Jewish people and the Jewish politicians talking about supporting Israel. Everyone has to support Israel. all of the politicians, the entire world, and we need more people to speak up for Israel. [Music]