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Democratic leaders are failing the Mahmoud Khalil test - Trump is pushing a new McCarthyism. But Democrats helped get us here.

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Trump is pushing a new McCarthyism. But Democrats helped get us here.

Opinion | Democratic leaders are failing the Mahmoud Khalil test

President Donald Trump’s attempt to deport pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil marks one of Trump’s most egregious assaults on democratic liberties since taking office. Yet too many Democrats, particularly in party leadership, are responding to Trump in the most mealymouthed way possible. But this is a problem of Democrats’ own making: Their trepidation stems from their own history of repressing speech critical of Israel — and now we’re all at risk of paying the price for it.

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