MO-GOV: Schweich dead from gunshot wound

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This is definitely the low-point of my life, but I think kind of sort of agree with BigSkyBob? :/

I mean, the articles linked here seem to rather indicate that this guy had some issues that were triggered by a belief in a whisper campaign that probably wasn't really happening. Or did I miss something?

The whisper campaign has been confirmed by multiple Republicans who have quoted Hancock saying Schweich was Jewish.

A mention isn't a whisper campaign though. I read some of the articles linked here, there didn't seem to be much hard evidence for that going on.

I mean, is it even a thing in the current GOP? They love Israel!

There's a pretty good St. Louis Post-Dispatch writeup on how much of a barrier anti-Semitism is in Missouri.

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There's a pretty good St. Louis Post-Dispatch writeup on how much of a barrier anti-Semitism is in Missouri.

The article concludes that rural [Republican] Missourians just aren't exposed enough to the religion, exacerbating the urban/rural tolerance divide. But a divide of this magnitude just stuns me. The stark difference between voters and Republican politicians (who are so obsessively pro-Israel, not even Democrats who actually ARE Jewish can compare) is so mind numbingly huge, I just don't see how the anti-semitism is so widespread as the article suggests. I think it's just a few high profile bad apples, or am I just naive?

Unless Republican politicians are not actually representing the views of their constituents, which just seems like the gimme answer to this.

Pro-Israel≠pro-Jewish. The Republicans are largely supportive of, say, Saudi Arabia's foreign policy in the region as well, but that doesn't mean Republicans are comfortable with electing Muslim politicians.