(TIME) Philip Elliott - My friends who work outside of politics sometimes ask me: "I just saw this person on TV saying crazy things; is this what the party believes these days?" I respond that this is the price of having big-tent parties in the U.S: the ringmaster can't always command the center stage when sometimes the circus clowns get their hands on the microphones. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) once again grabbed the spotlight. Just days ahead of the Israeli President's speech to Congress, she said his nation "is a racist state." But amid all this predictable outrage, there's no reason to expect any change in U.S. policy toward Israel, which has stayed relatively steady since it came into being after World War II. Even at their most frustrated with Israeli governments, American officials in both parties have offered typically unwavering support for the State of Israel.
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