North Bay Congressman Jared Huffman is apologizing for voting against a bill condemning antisemitism. Last week, the house passed House Resolution 798, which condemned the support of Hamas, Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations at institutions of higher education. Twenty-three members of congress voted against the resolution, including Congressman Huffman. However, he quickly regretted the vote. In a letter to the Jewish Community, he wrote “In the moment, without adequate reflection, I assumed that my longstanding opposition to BDS and other forms of antisemitism would speak for itself and that I could base my decision on the technical merits of the measure (which did include some factual errors and mischaracterizations). In doing that, I missed the forest through the trees.” This is the first time in Huffman’s 11 years in congress where he has apologized for a vote.
